Managed to finish uploading yesterday’s pictures - they are HERE. Today’s pictures are HERE (I think most, if not all, of them uploaded!).
6:30pm: at the airbnb taking a rest while it pours buckets again outside. We got an early start today to hit the famed market at Vaison-la-Romaine. It was a little over an hour drive and we made it there before 8:30am and it is a good thing we did because parking was problematic. The market is as big as Uzès if not bigger, but it is a little more easily navigable because it's in the newer part of town. There is also an awful lot of crap to be found - I was amused by the French ladies digging through piles of crap clothes for stuff costing 3 euros and less. I bought some olives and strawberries and we found a chocolate shop and bought, you guessed it, chocolate, as well as a couple pastries for today. It was one of the most beautiful shops I have ever seen. We would have done another picnic, but the weather was too iffy.
There are Roman ruins in the town but you could see a lot of it from the street and we decided against the 9 euros entry fee. We then drove around and through a bunch of little towns, starting in Segueret, which is quaint and stony and pretty, but without much to see or do. We next went to Gigondas, known mostly for wine-making. Matt did some tastings and we wandered the little town then had lunch at Carré Gourmand, a little place in town with a funny waiter. We both had the salad, which had ham, tapenade, a cheese scone, tomatoes, etc. on it, plus this weird pork and spinach pate thing that was completely gross.
We next went to Goult, which is closer to where we are staying and was about an hour away through pretty roads. Goult was boring and we were not there long. Finally, we went to Oppède-le-Vieux, another old stony sort of ruined place without much life. We got back to Menerbes and got a bread at the bakery and had a great afternoon snack before relaxing, and that’s when the heavens opened. We are not sure what we’ll do for dinner since there are only 4 restaurants in town, and one is closed, we ate in one last night, and one doesn’t have anything good sounding on the menu....
9:00pm: back at the airbnb doing some laundry in the crazy washing machine (but, yay, washing machine! I have never had a trip to Europe where I have basically avoided hand-washing clothes) after a delicious dinner at Le Galoubet. It is a few steps from the airbnb and we had no trouble getting seated, which was really nice in this rain. I had “Daube de boeuf” a traditional local beef stew and we split creme brûlée for dessert. Another great French meal! And Matt didn’t hit his head today!
Today’s somewhat lighter totals: 16,165 steps and 6.43 miles.
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