Greetings from beautiful Menerbes, France. This is the village of Menerbes from the valley below. The field is lavender in winter sleep.
We’ve been quite busy with short trips around the Côte d’Azur region and had a small rain storm pass through. Let’s recap!
First things first! We found the local Coop and did a little wine tasting.Found our favorite, and filled the trusty 3 liter bottle from Italy €7.50 😎About a half hour trip, “The Crag’s”, a world famous rock climbing area. Note the folks who climbed into the cave.Prehistoric man lived in this area.Fort de Buoux, ancient Roman gateway to the Côte d’Azur.Down the road, Lourmarin. This village is famous as a home for painters.Again, staggeringly beautiful.Of course, it has castle. Village of Cucuron.Village of Ansouis. Cindy and I have talked dozens of time about the fact that every 6-10 miles is a castle. They were at constant war with their neighbors or religious wars. It’s amazing anyone lived.Bonnieux from below the village, as the fog is lifting.Entering Bonnieux.View from the top of Bonnieux, that’s our village Menerbes, across the valley.Ok, bright and early the next day, one hour trip to Orange and the famous Roman Theatre Antique d’Orange. Lavender fields at rest.Built by the Romans shortly after the completion of the Roman Colosseum. The Theatre of Orange is quite the show.Able to hold 10,000 people, the entire population at that time in the region, it was used for plays and theater. It held a few shows like The Roman Colosseum, but was designed for plays, not battle re-enactments.It’s had many, many lives, as all the Roman theaters have. Napoleon started reconstruction, and it continues to this day. Very interesting!This is an artist’s drawing of what Orange looked like in 200AD with both the Theater and a Temple located next to it.Orange is a lovely small city.It was market day when we visited. We did a little shopping.
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My friend Tom Keller and I found out from DNA
We are both part French. I am thrilled because
I named my girls French names and I love french
Furniture and took many french cooking classes.
Have you noticed many Mosques in the french country side? I heard from friends there are many! I was in Paris in the 80s
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My friend Tom Keller and I found out from DNA
We are both part French. I am thrilled because
I named my girls French names and I love french
Furniture and took many french cooking classes.
Have you noticed many Mosques in the french country side? I heard from friends there are many! I was in Paris in the 80s
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Hi Deborah,
We’ve been mainly in the countryside, so haven’t noticed many Mosques. In the city’s it’s a different story!
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