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5:30pm: at the airbnb for a rest, partly because we finished the plan for today and partly because the skies opened again a while ago. The good news is that in the morning, skies were relatively blue, so we set out to go back to Roussillon and try to walk the ocre trail. The town was nice and quiet in the morning, and I was finally able to find a couple nice magnets. We were also having trouble finding somewhere to get breakfast and the lady sellig magnets told us where the town bakery was - naturally it was in the one place we hadn’t looked and right off the main square. We had amazing pastries filled with nutella and then set out for the ocre trail, which is a converted quarry. The walk/hike takes about a half hour (we did the short route) and the fact that it had rained may have helped the path not be so dusty and dirty. I am really glad we returned and gave it another shot. The town was more enjoyable early in the morning and the walk in the ocre was so beautiful.
At about 10:30 we set out for Apt, a little bit of a bigger town, which was cute enough to walk around for an hour but not much else. I bought some local strawberries and cherries that are really delicious. I don’t think I have mentioned it yet but there are cherry trees everywhere here and they are in season.
We then set off for Lourmarin, which is an adorable little town - in fact if I were to ever come back here I might stay in or near that town. The road to get there was pretty, hilly, and winding. We had lunch at Cafe de la Fontaine. I ordered the pork special of the day, which ended up to be an enourmous delicious pork chop served with delicious fries. We then wandered the town a bit and I bought a couple pieces of beautiful local family-made pottery that I did not need at all. It was pretty warm by this point and we had some delicious ice cream before walking over to the Chateau of the town, which was pretty cool.
After Lourmarin, we set off to head back towarrds home base. We passed through Bonnieuux, which seemed pretty unexciting, and intended to stop in Lacoste. It looked pretty small and steep and probably cute but after a couple minutes outside the car, it started raining and we decided to make the 10-minute drive back to Menerbes. The market here is tomorrow so accessing the town is a bit tough, but we found a good spot near the airbnb and will not be leaving for dinner tonight. Our restaurant options are dwindling!!
9:30pm: Back at the airbnb after dinner at Chez David, which is a pizzeria - we both needed a little change and as I have already mentioned, the options in town are not endless. Luckily, by the time we went to dinner, the skies had totally cleared up. I had a pizza with various vegetables and buffalo mozzarella - interestingly, the cheese was put on after it was cooked?? Anyway, it tasted good. We then walked around town, saw the sunset, and came back and had some fruit and chocolate for dessert.
Today’s totals: 20,950 steps and 8.33 miles.
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