tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37182728949767155552024-03-08T08:51:48.584-05:00Rians RoamingHome in Rians, travels in Provence.
Robert and Judith's photosjudith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-35646590525954404132013-06-24T13:08:00.000-04:002013-06-24T13:08:14.489-04:00Journée de MistralThe Mistral brings <b>lots</b> of wind and lots of wind means a good day for hanging the wash out, lounging around the house, collecting up all our stale husks of bread and feeding the donkeys who live in a paddock on the edge of the village. <br />
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<br />judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-28940624824405611102013-06-22T08:49:00.000-04:002013-06-22T08:53:30.664-04:00Roaming farther afield<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-12276840697825317252013-05-25T12:55:00.002-04:002013-05-25T12:59:11.509-04:00La brocante à JouquesA time of crazy weather everywhere! In Montreal it is 8 C while here it is only a little warmer, with fierce winds blowing and everyone bundled up in woolens like the brits, though being french they have alot to say about it...<i>même à Aix il fait froid! </i>The crowds were sparser this year and, in a reversal of fortunes, those who usually sweat it out in relentlessly sunny spots were the ones basking comfortably today.<br />
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<br />judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-44133385042641548432013-05-24T03:55:00.004-04:002013-05-24T03:58:42.065-04:00Aix on market daySome more photos from our day in Aix at the beginning of the week, as we whiled the time it took for the motorcycle to be repaired.<br />
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<br />judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-85503307937598959582013-05-21T15:25:00.001-04:002013-05-21T15:25:22.775-04:00First things first<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">then to buy some bread from our favorite Aix boulangerie, Farinoman Fou (run by a Quebec native)</span></td></tr>
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<br />judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-86226060139520115382013-05-20T13:56:00.002-04:002013-05-20T13:56:57.793-04:00En vacances<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-80721779109652006472013-05-19T17:08:00.001-04:002013-05-20T15:06:36.750-04:00Arrival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our first wet arrival in Provence, but some union or other who was staging a protest strike in the main entrance hall provided everyone with distractions. It poured through much of the day until just at day's end, then, in the way it does here, the skies cleared miraculously so that at the top of our hill it was still drizzling and from the other side of the Porte St.Jean a ray of sunlight came out illuminating the yellow ochre walls.<br />
Today we strolled through the little fair set up in the center of the village along with all the other curious village flaneurs.<br />
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Last summer ran away from us and, in all our activity, I neglected to put up any photos at all. And yet... many breathtaking places, one of which was the Frioul archipelago off the coast of Marseille, the most famous island being If with its chateau. But the day we went was too windy to dock at If and we went straight on to Ratonneau with its chalky landscape and bluesea calanques. As we had gone rather late in the day we did not have time to explore the whole island and so we plan to return this summer and make a day of it.<br />
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judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-31190565619625731212013-04-25T11:16:00.002-04:002013-04-25T11:17:45.415-04:00Provence on our mindsMentally we have crossed that line between remembering last year and preparing for this year's trip, the familiar landscape suddenly part of our everyday thoughts, and with our cold hesitant spring here in the northern climes, we have only to close our eyes to imagine the warmth of Provence in the spring, the flowering almond trees, the wisteria. Aided and abetted by a few photos from lucky Rians-dwelling family who can lunch outside without jackets or scarves!<br />
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<br />judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-24166472607851407422011-06-05T12:53:00.006-04:002011-06-05T13:12:24.532-04:00Say it ain't so<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aGrWedBgD9Q/Teu128M0SYI/AAAAAAAAArw/cMVzTWbULXs/s1600/00%2Bsur%2Bla%2Broute.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aGrWedBgD9Q/Teu128M0SYI/AAAAAAAAArw/cMVzTWbULXs/s400/00%2Bsur%2Bla%2Broute.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614781315924904322" border="0" /></a>In Provence, exceptional unfortunately means rain, and for the past few days we have had our share of thunderstorms and downpours, not that it kept Robert off the road with his favorite means of transportation.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ExYeiXdFo3A/Teu12hOisPI/AAAAAAAAAro/UJanwUgyD-k/s1600/platanes%2Bin%2Bthe%2Brain.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ExYeiXdFo3A/Teu12hOisPI/AAAAAAAAAro/UJanwUgyD-k/s400/platanes%2Bin%2Bthe%2Brain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614781308684382450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">But of course there were the "usual" days. We spent last Sunday picnicing by the Ste-Victoire, then drove into Aix for coffee.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qW3hsPjmn6I/Teu12J_NpWI/AAAAAAAAArg/dIb7Z4JDlA8/s1600/01%2Bste%2Bvictoire%2Bfrom%2Bpicnic.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qW3hsPjmn6I/Teu12J_NpWI/AAAAAAAAArg/dIb7Z4JDlA8/s400/01%2Bste%2Bvictoire%2Bfrom%2Bpicnic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614781302446073186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0hu6ZiZQffQ/Teu11g80F_I/AAAAAAAAArY/k2_PDutujag/s1600/02%2Bpicnic%2Btree.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0hu6ZiZQffQ/Teu11g80F_I/AAAAAAAAArY/k2_PDutujag/s400/02%2Bpicnic%2Btree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614781291430156274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V9wlHxxtqIc/Teu11pRUkGI/AAAAAAAAArQ/qBYXsn05a2A/s1600/03%2Bjudith%2Bat%2Bpicnic.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V9wlHxxtqIc/Teu11pRUkGI/AAAAAAAAArQ/qBYXsn05a2A/s400/03%2Bjudith%2Bat%2Bpicnic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614781293663653986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5TnxtEYdxEY/Teu1WoTWukI/AAAAAAAAArI/RnDx2vHeQZE/s1600/04%2Brobert%2Bby%2Bvineyard.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5TnxtEYdxEY/Teu1WoTWukI/AAAAAAAAArI/RnDx2vHeQZE/s400/04%2Brobert%2Bby%2Bvineyard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614780760827804226" border="0" /></a>Le cours Mirabeau<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ekav3rF9VqY/Teu1WQePHUI/AAAAAAAAArA/IdcreccTSHo/s1600/05%2Baix%2Bau%2Bdeux%2Bgarcons.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ekav3rF9VqY/Teu1WQePHUI/AAAAAAAAArA/IdcreccTSHo/s400/05%2Baix%2Bau%2Bdeux%2Bgarcons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614780754430991682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Aix is quiet on sundays</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rr6dPZDkmZM/Teu1Vx5dnOI/AAAAAAAAAq4/CoTYdeIJCn4/s1600/06%2Baix%2Bpigeon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rr6dPZDkmZM/Teu1Vx5dnOI/AAAAAAAAAq4/CoTYdeIJCn4/s400/06%2Baix%2Bpigeon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614780746223688930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LiFY_7UoUA0/Teu1VoDhoMI/AAAAAAAAAqw/dQreAy-1O_Y/s1600/07%2Bgirls%2Bby%2Baix%2Bfountain.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LiFY_7UoUA0/Teu1VoDhoMI/AAAAAAAAAqw/dQreAy-1O_Y/s400/07%2Bgirls%2Bby%2Baix%2Bfountain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614780743581540546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Back to Rians, the quiet <span style="font-style: italic;">bonheur</span> of Place St-Laurent</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dyjrQS1V68Q/Teu1VQ3h1II/AAAAAAAAAqo/y5EcyMgGfek/s1600/08%2Brians%2Bplace%2Bst%2Blaurent.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dyjrQS1V68Q/Teu1VQ3h1II/AAAAAAAAAqo/y5EcyMgGfek/s400/08%2Brians%2Bplace%2Bst%2Blaurent.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614780737357206658" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-529969247337734302011-05-26T08:56:00.006-04:002011-05-26T09:02:31.227-04:00Rians rooftops<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O09xeXo7nZI/Td5OQjK_boI/AAAAAAAAAqY/Rn93UsmurKo/s1600/annie%2527s%2Bcat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O09xeXo7nZI/Td5OQjK_boI/AAAAAAAAAqY/Rn93UsmurKo/s400/annie%2527s%2Bcat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611008231976431234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >We aren't the only ones up on the terrasse watching the swallows at day's end<br />This is our neighbor Annie's (naughty) cat, he is not allowed up on the roof or the beams, but when has a cat ever taken no for an answer.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FbeejW36weI/Td5OQTz1qfI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/b57k6OGyoSs/s1600/annie%2527%2Bacrobat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FbeejW36weI/Td5OQTz1qfI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/b57k6OGyoSs/s400/annie%2527%2Bacrobat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611008227852790258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GtB4FuC0aiQ/Td5OIzYIB-I/AAAAAAAAAqI/RkOs6M1Q7Y8/s1600/cat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GtB4FuC0aiQ/Td5OIzYIB-I/AAAAAAAAAqI/RkOs6M1Q7Y8/s400/cat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611008098887534562" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-25126698752633977032011-05-21T10:33:00.014-04:002011-05-21T10:43:12.194-04:00Market Day in St-Maximin la Sainte Baume<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZS-t28TGBnQ/TdfO2-PknII/AAAAAAAAAp8/jI-wMBSV-30/s1600/st%2Bmax%2Bmarket%2B1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZS-t28TGBnQ/TdfO2-PknII/AAAAAAAAAp8/jI-wMBSV-30/s400/st%2Bmax%2Bmarket%2B1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609179304729812098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0GnDDo4xrTE/TdfOvSKNHHI/AAAAAAAAAp0/xjrFUY2g3NY/s1600/st%2Bmax%2Bmarket%2B2.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajr2HQrPtxE/TdfNo8bZ17I/AAAAAAAAAok/AuoGYmgZd44/s400/st%2Bmax%2Bmarket%2B94%2Btapenade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609177964212770738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p7ZikqKkU2M/TdfNjJ6NFMI/AAAAAAAAAoc/8PPPUJV-Q7E/s1600/st%2Bmax%2Bmarket%2B95%2Barrow.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p7ZikqKkU2M/TdfNjJ6NFMI/AAAAAAAAAoc/8PPPUJV-Q7E/s400/st%2Bmax%2Bmarket%2B95%2Barrow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609177864752403650" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-79798263880084992282011-05-21T10:19:00.011-04:002011-05-21T10:31:45.687-04:00Rians - home sweet home again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HStkZKBPjeI/TdfLJM-k33I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/ZoqJd_cwm8I/s1600/01%2Brians%2Bhouse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HStkZKBPjeI/TdfLJM-k33I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/ZoqJd_cwm8I/s400/01%2Brians%2Bhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609175219876192114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Back on the street where we live, with our very own "private" parking space. We did our spring cleaning, unpacked and headed to the terrace with our bottle of white wine and a dish of olives...to watch the evening swallow show over the village.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tP7lxLLP2ls/TdfLDJ5nmSI/AAAAAAAAAoI/jPIMyHYMcSM/s1600/02%2Bprivate%2Bparking.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tP7lxLLP2ls/TdfLDJ5nmSI/AAAAAAAAAoI/jPIMyHYMcSM/s400/02%2Bprivate%2Bparking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609175115970877730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Most of the village cats are pretty skittish, hugging the perimeters, but this guy just sat and posed</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IRKyXH9u_70/TdfK-k91TyI/AAAAAAAAAoA/ALacoYZE74o/s1600/03%2Brians%2Bcat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IRKyXH9u_70/TdfK-k91TyI/AAAAAAAAAoA/ALacoYZE74o/s400/03%2Brians%2Bcat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609175037336964898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Impressive bracing (they've been working on it for years), but all the old buildings are preserved</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MXdoLQSHl08/TdfK5um_t6I/AAAAAAAAAn4/py5M5ZGZcD8/s1600/04%2Brians%2Bbracing.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MXdoLQSHl08/TdfK5um_t6I/AAAAAAAAAn4/py5M5ZGZcD8/s400/04%2Brians%2Bbracing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174954026186658" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b-_cd3hhxMo/TdfK03ao_QI/AAAAAAAAAnw/muNHaTg_Oo8/s1600/05%2Bjudith%2Bby%2Bbraced%2Bhouse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b-_cd3hhxMo/TdfK03ao_QI/AAAAAAAAAnw/muNHaTg_Oo8/s400/05%2Bjudith%2Bby%2Bbraced%2Bhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174870490938626" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BnIAzvLa8_A/TdfKv2roVII/AAAAAAAAAno/uE45rvJXG4I/s1600/06%2Brians%2Beglise.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BnIAzvLa8_A/TdfKv2roVII/AAAAAAAAAno/uE45rvJXG4I/s400/06%2Brians%2Beglise.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174784394417282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">View of the Tour d'horloge from the back, on the way to the post office</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k2vvB3C-xOI/TdfKquZZSNI/AAAAAAAAAng/ba1xRQC2DwA/s1600/06.5rians%2Btour%2Bhorloge.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k2vvB3C-xOI/TdfKquZZSNI/AAAAAAAAAng/ba1xRQC2DwA/s400/06.5rians%2Btour%2Bhorloge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174696271104210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bDBRXuNcgC4/TdfKjWP9ymI/AAAAAAAAAnY/k9AM60LseA4/s1600/07%2Brians%2Bkids%2Bplaying%2Bpetanque.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bDBRXuNcgC4/TdfKjWP9ymI/AAAAAAAAAnY/k9AM60LseA4/s400/07%2Brians%2Bkids%2Bplaying%2Bpetanque.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174569530018402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pX52j8IexN4/TdfKdR2jwEI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/CyiZzPBlTTA/s1600/08%2Brians%2Bkids.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pX52j8IexN4/TdfKdR2jwEI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/CyiZzPBlTTA/s400/08%2Brians%2Bkids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174465270497346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DzH64MZFPC4/TdfKYswxPgI/AAAAAAAAAnI/4rdJxhH7bjQ/s1600/09%2Bjudith%2Bin%2Brians.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DzH64MZFPC4/TdfKYswxPgI/AAAAAAAAAnI/4rdJxhH7bjQ/s400/09%2Bjudith%2Bin%2Brians.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609174386594627074" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-35693826924787615602011-04-11T12:38:00.030-04:002011-04-13T20:06:33.745-04:00Forcalquier<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8aR_XWP9MO8/TaMwR7lhhSI/AAAAAAAAAm8/MDTwJsMg8yg/s1600/forq%2Bchurch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8aR_XWP9MO8/TaMwR7lhhSI/AAAAAAAAAm8/MDTwJsMg8yg/s400/forq%2Bchurch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594368246735275298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Over the weekend I was talking with a friend who will be visiting us this summer and whose daughter may be settling in Forcalquier, so I promised I would get some of my photos up.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Forcalquier is in the Haute Provence (once its capital, in fact, during the middle ages), a thriving town popular with publishers, booksellers, graphic designers, typographers, bookbinders, illuminators, calligraphers, etchers, papermakers.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We were there on a Monday when Forcalquier's enormous market is spread out through the town's streets.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uRNetvU60HM/TaMwOIlb6BI/AAAAAAAAAm0/RXk_nwADKao/s1600/forq%2Bchurch%2Band%2Bmarket.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uRNetvU60HM/TaMwOIlb6BI/AAAAAAAAAm0/RXk_nwADKao/s400/forq%2Bchurch%2Band%2Bmarket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594368181505091602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jSz9EjqwTEs/TaMwKLhpQuI/AAAAAAAAAms/3pMq80grU50/s1600/forq%2Bmarket%2Bsaucissons.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jSz9EjqwTEs/TaMwKLhpQuI/AAAAAAAAAms/3pMq80grU50/s400/forq%2Bmarket%2Bsaucissons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594368113575019234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JFQU3SAQNiQ/TaMwGDrxb0I/AAAAAAAAAmk/JDVSX_Cco04/s1600/forq%2Bmarket%2Bolives.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JFQU3SAQNiQ/TaMwGDrxb0I/AAAAAAAAAmk/JDVSX_Cco04/s400/forq%2Bmarket%2Bolives.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594368042750537538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-duJu_z56kHs/TaMwCj0MjFI/AAAAAAAAAmc/mZoLk4ZkmOk/s1600/forq%2Bbuildings.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-duJu_z56kHs/TaMwCj0MjFI/AAAAAAAAAmc/mZoLk4ZkmOk/s400/forq%2Bbuildings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367982656326738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1KykMmQDYD4/TaMv-tHIIiI/AAAAAAAAAmU/awKqvFR4g5E/s1600/forq%2Bcheeses.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1KykMmQDYD4/TaMv-tHIIiI/AAAAAAAAAmU/awKqvFR4g5E/s400/forq%2Bcheeses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367916432171554" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >On market days this melodramatic sculpture ends up plunked in the middle of everyday commerce</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WVXn2pQoLxA/TaMv6ykcudI/AAAAAAAAAmM/G6Bn4U1PeF8/s1600/forq%2Bsculpture%2Bin%2Bmarket.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WVXn2pQoLxA/TaMv6ykcudI/AAAAAAAAAmM/G6Bn4U1PeF8/s400/forq%2Bsculpture%2Bin%2Bmarket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367849177856466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Elaborate wrought iron balconies are characteristic and lovely</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a4smRjkmjDk/TaMv1Sy27JI/AAAAAAAAAmE/Bj5k5OlxOKc/s1600/forq%2Bbalcon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a4smRjkmjDk/TaMv1Sy27JI/AAAAAAAAAmE/Bj5k5OlxOKc/s400/forq%2Bbalcon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367754749013138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cGrbLQ4PAqs/TaMvypEJVCI/AAAAAAAAAl8/GkbsfyD-U1A/s1600/forq%2Bjuggler.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cGrbLQ4PAqs/TaMvypEJVCI/AAAAAAAAAl8/GkbsfyD-U1A/s400/forq%2Bjuggler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367709187494946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A49RebXcn8o/TaMvvKAavDI/AAAAAAAAAl0/9G5de0n4BMc/s1600/forq%2Bartisan%2Bdu%2Bsiege.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A49RebXcn8o/TaMvvKAavDI/AAAAAAAAAl0/9G5de0n4BMc/s400/forq%2Bartisan%2Bdu%2Bsiege.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367649310751794" border="0" /></a>The town is built on a steep slope, climbing to what was once the fortified site of a citadel, destroyed in the 16th century, and now occupied by a small, octagonal chapel crowned with stone angel musicians. There are also the carillon bells, played in concert every Sunday during the summer months.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--VCY3vyGEUI/TaMvrnndxMI/AAAAAAAAAls/030BcGJOAP8/s1600/forq%2Bcobblestones%2Bblue%2Bshutter.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--VCY3vyGEUI/TaMvrnndxMI/AAAAAAAAAls/030BcGJOAP8/s400/forq%2Bcobblestones%2Bblue%2Bshutter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367588539679938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VrrgJEQ6Fbg/TaMvnlwxv-I/AAAAAAAAAlk/Of896-44JVc/s1600/forq%2Bhouse%2Band%2Bplants.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VrrgJEQ6Fbg/TaMvnlwxv-I/AAAAAAAAAlk/Of896-44JVc/s400/forq%2Bhouse%2Band%2Bplants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367519322390498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VhWRwdV_G5U/TaMvjAAuNVI/AAAAAAAAAlc/Lt6xRkqbCmo/s1600/forq%2Bplaque%2Band%2Broses.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VhWRwdV_G5U/TaMvjAAuNVI/AAAAAAAAAlc/Lt6xRkqbCmo/s400/forq%2Bplaque%2Band%2Broses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367440469243218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gbwk-Dx2lw8/TaMveRfQSqI/AAAAAAAAAlU/efqeWjWI3bw/s1600/forq%2Bview%2Bdown%2Bthe%2Bstreet.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gbwk-Dx2lw8/TaMveRfQSqI/AAAAAAAAAlU/efqeWjWI3bw/s400/forq%2Bview%2Bdown%2Bthe%2Bstreet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367359261362850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ye_Y6zeyLBc/TaMvaOkKfeI/AAAAAAAAAlM/G58hysAMISc/s1600/forq%2Bjudith%2B3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ye_Y6zeyLBc/TaMvaOkKfeI/AAAAAAAAAlM/G58hysAMISc/s400/forq%2Bjudith%2B3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367289757171170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UTvyu5MXqnA/TaMvVqFUMSI/AAAAAAAAAlE/aZ3TxZ-hJhY/s1600/forq%2Bmount.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UTvyu5MXqnA/TaMvVqFUMSI/AAAAAAAAAlE/aZ3TxZ-hJhY/s400/forq%2Bmount.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367211244630306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3TvsAm-01wU/TaMvR0DTcdI/AAAAAAAAAk8/Pu_UXf86wyc/s1600/forq%2Bmount%2Bdetail.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3TvsAm-01wU/TaMvR0DTcdI/AAAAAAAAAk8/Pu_UXf86wyc/s400/forq%2Bmount%2Bdetail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367145201070546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NG_TwnvOXtA/TaMvJ7uzcKI/AAAAAAAAAk0/IgRqbKpTqZc/s1600/forq%2Boctagonal%2Bchurch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NG_TwnvOXtA/TaMvJ7uzcKI/AAAAAAAAAk0/IgRqbKpTqZc/s400/forq%2Boctagonal%2Bchurch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367009823617186" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vV7PnldFx1Q/TaMvE_HbeKI/AAAAAAAAAks/LuaItdUWYTI/s1600/forq%2Bchapel%2BV.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vV7PnldFx1Q/TaMvE_HbeKI/AAAAAAAAAks/LuaItdUWYTI/s400/forq%2Bchapel%2BV.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594366924832864418" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >360 panoramic view on top</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p0Kb3WYdle8/TaMvAQHtnyI/AAAAAAAAAkk/mG3K8B305lw/s1600/forq%2Bview%2Bfrom%2Btop.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p0Kb3WYdle8/TaMvAQHtnyI/AAAAAAAAAkk/mG3K8B305lw/s400/forq%2Bview%2Bfrom%2Btop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594366843498110754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NE9AkLIszvE/TaMu6gt1scI/AAAAAAAAAkc/-L0ISpNI-TI/s1600/forq%2Brobert%2Bfilming.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NE9AkLIszvE/TaMu6gt1scI/AAAAAAAAAkc/-L0ISpNI-TI/s400/forq%2Brobert%2Bfilming.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594366744873775554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FEtt_SofhLM/TaMu2QnBGSI/AAAAAAAAAkU/TIbze_e5wT8/s1600/forq%2Bstone%2Bmusician.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FEtt_SofhLM/TaMu2QnBGSI/AAAAAAAAAkU/TIbze_e5wT8/s400/forq%2Bstone%2Bmusician.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594366671830718754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In Forcalquier, also, the Couvent des Cordeliers which was built in the 13th century by the Franciscans (named </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >cordeliers</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> because of their rope belts).</span> We could wander around the outside grounds but because of renovations (conceiveable ongoing since 1963...this <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> France after all) could not visit the interior.<br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bTGq56cIzlo/TaMuyo4kt2I/AAAAAAAAAkM/-sT6XFfW99U/s1600/forq%2Bcordeliers%2Bplaque%2Binterior.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bTGq56cIzlo/TaMuyo4kt2I/AAAAAAAAAkM/-sT6XFfW99U/s400/forq%2Bcordeliers%2Bplaque%2Binterior.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594366609627330402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6AlYsIEfpdM/TaMutSBKdvI/AAAAAAAAAkE/S7gAzSqDLWs/s1600/forq%2Bcord%2Bchapel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6AlYsIEfpdM/TaMutSBKdvI/AAAAAAAAAkE/S7gAzSqDLWs/s400/forq%2Bcord%2Bchapel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594366517589997298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">very old, very pollarded trees</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YGOs-gRjYgw/TaMujfJQDXI/AAAAAAAAAj8/LHE7sqlQLdk/s1600/couvent%2Btrees.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YGOs-gRjYgw/TaMujfJQDXI/AAAAAAAAAj8/LHE7sqlQLdk/s400/couvent%2Btrees.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594366349314887026" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-26640986790481997442010-08-03T12:58:00.016-04:002010-08-03T13:39:05.945-04:00Marseille<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhOfcY4FwI/AAAAAAAAAjg/htVJo6wsGhA/s1600/marseille+upstairs.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Marseille, its streets lively and crowded, is a continual fête. The day we were there was not only a market morning, but also the day that Algeria was playing in the FIFA world championship, and Marseille's Algerian partisans added to the daily clamor.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhObusqrqI/AAAAAAAAAjY/htHsxdqFpaY/s1600/marseille+street+scene.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhObusqrqI/AAAAAAAAAjY/htHsxdqFpaY/s400/marseille+street+scene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501233183131872930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">After lunch at our favorite cous cous restaurant off Cours Saint-Louis, we decided to do the climb up to the Cours Julien which we had often heard mentioned. It sits high in the city, an open plaza with restos and cafés and a marché biologique, the streets running off it filled with small shops...but most surprising is the density of the graffiti, the walls of the quarter obviously having been opened to the city's graffiti artists.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhOUsAamTI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/V4kEBE7dTNc/s1600/marseille+cours+julien.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhOUsAamTI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/V4kEBE7dTNc/s400/marseille+cours+julien.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501233062150314290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">View towards the Vieux Port from the steps leading up to the Cours Julien</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhOQ1fuxEI/AAAAAAAAAjI/8sE_vfZH6Ko/s1600/marseille+looking+down+steps+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhOQ1fuxEI/AAAAAAAAAjI/8sE_vfZH6Ko/s400/marseille+looking+down+steps+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501232995978101826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhOIgWdmOI/AAAAAAAAAjA/EhNzZRvFdmY/s1600/marseille+posters.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhOIgWdmOI/AAAAAAAAAjA/EhNzZRvFdmY/s400/marseille+posters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501232852863129826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhODBPE05I/AAAAAAAAAi4/sBdWcPV90TA/s1600/marseille+photo+kamar.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhODBPE05I/AAAAAAAAAi4/sBdWcPV90TA/s400/marseille+photo+kamar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501232758611301266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhN8XUYjyI/AAAAAAAAAiw/UF4u7c7SIs0/s1600/marseille+graffiti+ahamada.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhN8XUYjyI/AAAAAAAAAiw/UF4u7c7SIs0/s400/marseille+graffiti+ahamada.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501232644280061730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhN372kkNI/AAAAAAAAAio/QJ2WiQ6Tl4c/s1600/marseille+graffiti+bicycles.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhN372kkNI/AAAAAAAAAio/QJ2WiQ6Tl4c/s400/marseille+graffiti+bicycles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501232568187785426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhNsB-sirI/AAAAAAAAAig/ASa7JldpYlc/s1600/double+graffiti.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhNsB-sirI/AAAAAAAAAig/ASa7JldpYlc/s400/double+graffiti.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501232363674045106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhLfvay4xI/AAAAAAAAAiU/cuF6shj_v5c/s1600/marseille+mural.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhLfvay4xI/AAAAAAAAAiU/cuF6shj_v5c/s400/marseille+mural.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501229953509942034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Back down in the port area, la Maison Diamantée</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhLUSbB42I/AAAAAAAAAiM/o5OtKYwp5KI/s1600/marseille+maison+diamante+bw.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhLUSbB42I/AAAAAAAAAiM/o5OtKYwp5KI/s400/marseille+maison+diamante+bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501229756747735906" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhLMK69PgI/AAAAAAAAAiE/ScYmqjTm0uc/s1600/marseille+corner+building.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhLMK69PgI/AAAAAAAAAiE/ScYmqjTm0uc/s400/marseille+corner+building.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501229617295212034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Narrow streets, tall buildings, and a hodge podge of old and new</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhLHFg2ZYI/AAAAAAAAAh8/oLaRE635Bng/s1600/marseille+spar+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhLHFg2ZYI/AAAAAAAAAh8/oLaRE635Bng/s400/marseille+spar+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501229529944188290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We let ourselves be taken advantage of in one of the pricey cafés lining the Vieux Port, but it was worth it, for the perfect afternoon breeze and the view up to the Basilique Notre Dame-de-la-Garde</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhK8mUG9tI/AAAAAAAAAh0/lpu-IPuR6Lw/s1600/marseille+orangina+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TFhK8mUG9tI/AAAAAAAAAh0/lpu-IPuR6Lw/s400/marseille+orangina+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501229349770557138" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-5589909626536313342010-06-18T14:25:00.004-04:002011-03-16T12:55:31.670-04:00Aix en Provence, what's being worn on the Cours Mirabeau<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TBu6eO-8M1I/AAAAAAAAAhk/i2mMGVH4CGA/s1600/aix+mode+canine.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TBu6eO-8M1I/AAAAAAAAAhk/i2mMGVH4CGA/s400/aix+mode+canine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484181999834641234" border="0" /></a><br />Need I add that it is not only French women who spend time before the mirror before going out..judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-61384434318668053952010-06-09T08:29:00.013-04:002011-04-13T20:05:34.210-04:00Thyme<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-KReioMII/AAAAAAAAAhY/6hDW0mCRi9s/s1600/riding.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-KReioMII/AAAAAAAAAhY/6hDW0mCRi9s/s400/riding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480751304393896066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Was home with a cold for a couple of day, snoozing and reading in the chaise longue up on the terrace, but by Monday I was back on the road (camera in hand, of course) and we explored one of the back roads in our neighborhood---there are so many beautiful drives, just stepping out the front door and taking any direction-- & along the side of the road, wild thyme! All of Provence is an herb garden!</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-KMnMAtMI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/fy02e4QDyQ4/s1600/olive+trees+gone+wild.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-KMnMAtMI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/fy02e4QDyQ4/s400/olive+trees+gone+wild.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480751220815606978" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-KIOlgP7I/AAAAAAAAAhI/e5w5yu8I2tk/s1600/thyme.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-KIOlgP7I/AAAAAAAAAhI/e5w5yu8I2tk/s400/thyme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480751145492168626" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >No one reads a newspaper quite like a Frenchman! I took this picture, and the street shots, in Manosque, a city a bit further north of us, on the Durance river.<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-KAxENinI/AAAAAAAAAhA/cmq3x8gM4h8/s1600/manosque+newspaper.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-KAxENinI/AAAAAAAAAhA/cmq3x8gM4h8/s400/manosque+newspaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480751017308818034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-J8BQMfiI/AAAAAAAAAg4/gi5mnqhLsmw/s1600/manosque+street.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-J8BQMfiI/AAAAAAAAAg4/gi5mnqhLsmw/s400/manosque+street.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480750935754702370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-J22Lpf1I/AAAAAAAAAgw/pyZQvr-J21s/s1600/manosque+tree+and+rose+window.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-J22Lpf1I/AAAAAAAAAgw/pyZQvr-J21s/s400/manosque+tree+and+rose+window.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480750846883495762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Dusk over the village (from our terrace)</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-Jl-V7LrI/AAAAAAAAAgo/4aR8tZ6G_ks/s1600/village+at+dusk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TA-Jl-V7LrI/AAAAAAAAAgo/4aR8tZ6G_ks/s400/village+at+dusk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480750557016305330" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-33136156073587924802010-06-05T11:59:00.007-04:002010-06-05T12:03:24.253-04:00La Camargue à cheval<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp1Kc-31MI/AAAAAAAAAgc/0y3E1_TBp8M/s1600/camargues+judith.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp1Kc-31MI/AAAAAAAAAgc/0y3E1_TBp8M/s400/camargues+judith.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479320719088669890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp1EzaTB7I/AAAAAAAAAgU/cgecHbI-vkk/s1600/camargues+robert+flamingos.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp1EzaTB7I/AAAAAAAAAgU/cgecHbI-vkk/s400/camargues+robert+flamingos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479320622030063538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp0-8ddY9I/AAAAAAAAAgM/nEDPA443JyM/s1600/camargues+flamingos.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp0-8ddY9I/AAAAAAAAAgM/nEDPA443JyM/s400/camargues+flamingos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479320521380029394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp05lEGzPI/AAAAAAAAAgE/UuxmAy3af5g/s1600/camargues+beach.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp05lEGzPI/AAAAAAAAAgE/UuxmAy3af5g/s400/camargues+beach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479320429200329970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp0xz5j2KI/AAAAAAAAAf8/zEp-kX3oGvA/s1600/camargues+tauraux.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp0xz5j2KI/AAAAAAAAAf8/zEp-kX3oGvA/s400/camargues+tauraux.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479320295743674530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp0tFM9MxI/AAAAAAAAAf0/ptJC1slXy6A/s1600/camargues+6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp0tFM9MxI/AAAAAAAAAf0/ptJC1slXy6A/s400/camargues+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479320214489084690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp0pcht-UI/AAAAAAAAAfs/wHfhOji7BIo/s1600/camargues+7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TAp0pcht-UI/AAAAAAAAAfs/wHfhOji7BIo/s400/camargues+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479320152030705986" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-89111486119001869042010-05-29T05:13:00.017-04:002011-03-16T12:53:35.316-04:00Massif de la Ste Baume<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADb_ZhRTSI/AAAAAAAAAfg/VcuCX7o43TY/s1600/cliff.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADb_ZhRTSI/AAAAAAAAAfg/VcuCX7o43TY/s400/cliff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476619029111196962" border="0" /></a>Another day, another mountain...only this time we went up on foot, through a gorgeous forest, up to the site of many pilgrimages, the grotto where Mary Magdalena lived as hermit for the last 30 years of her life. The Benedictines have built a chapel there, hold daily mass, though most visitors are walkers, like us, heading to the top of the massif for the view.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADb5HygXXI/AAAAAAAAAfY/hVSGYEE5-08/s1600/ste+baume+picnic+spot.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADb5HygXXI/AAAAAAAAAfY/hVSGYEE5-08/s400/ste+baume+picnic+spot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476618921272434034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbzXu-HLI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/ZLmtCwE86S0/s1600/ste+baume+forest.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbzXu-HLI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/ZLmtCwE86S0/s400/ste+baume+forest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476618822473358514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbsU1O0eI/AAAAAAAAAfI/PqTu8i5H40M/s1600/ste+baume+judith.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbsU1O0eI/AAAAAAAAAfI/PqTu8i5H40M/s400/ste+baume+judith.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476618701435228642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbnF2pIXI/AAAAAAAAAfA/u_scxW4M7ZA/s1600/ste+baume+robert.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbnF2pIXI/AAAAAAAAAfA/u_scxW4M7ZA/s400/ste+baume+robert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476618611515269490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">From the chapel one has a clear view to the Ste. Victoire</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbhUWPq2I/AAAAAAAAAe4/-gJ0Jyd_rsE/s1600/ste+victoire+seen+from+ste+baume.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbhUWPq2I/AAAAAAAAAe4/-gJ0Jyd_rsE/s400/ste+victoire+seen+from+ste+baume.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476618512326699874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADba26L9SI/AAAAAAAAAew/TAdgZOOwTvc/s1600/ste+baume+chapel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADba26L9SI/AAAAAAAAAew/TAdgZOOwTvc/s400/ste+baume+chapel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476618401345172770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbSJKSQUI/AAAAAAAAAeo/jh1Xc3-wXuo/s1600/ste+baume+chapel+in+grotto.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbSJKSQUI/AAAAAAAAAeo/jh1Xc3-wXuo/s400/ste+baume+chapel+in+grotto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476618251625709890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbLkPxG7I/AAAAAAAAAeg/Pxw44Bm61Mo/s1600/ste+baume+mairie+magdalena.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbLkPxG7I/AAAAAAAAAeg/Pxw44Bm61Mo/s400/ste+baume+mairie+magdalena.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476618138637376434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">View from the top of the massif.</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbHWnUsII/AAAAAAAAAeY/IERMfhb9Zu0/s1600/ste+baume+view+from+top.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbHWnUsII/AAAAAAAAAeY/IERMfhb9Zu0/s400/ste+baume+view+from+top.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476618066258604162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbBz1vNGI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/u8yc7ZI8nXQ/s1600/ste+baume+view+from+top+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADbBz1vNGI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/u8yc7ZI8nXQ/s400/ste+baume+view+from+top+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476617971024475234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADa8DsRCzI/AAAAAAAAAeI/0_ZEASBcowE/s1600/end+of+walk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADa8DsRCzI/AAAAAAAAAeI/0_ZEASBcowE/s400/end+of+walk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476617872200502066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADa3LqrBEI/AAAAAAAAAeA/XM_rzWG2pqY/s1600/ste+baume+daisies.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/TADa3LqrBEI/AAAAAAAAAeA/XM_rzWG2pqY/s400/ste+baume+daisies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476617788441953346" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-23643323970046079862010-05-26T10:00:00.022-04:002010-06-28T14:38:30.237-04:00Aix en Provence, De fil en rêves<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0q3H2bZeI/AAAAAAAAAd0/fYq7Qh7GmJ8/s1600/aix+venetian+costume.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0q3H2bZeI/AAAAAAAAAd0/fYq7Qh7GmJ8/s400/aix+venetian+costume.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475579848440899042" border="0" /></a>After lunch, weaving through the smaller streets of Aix's old centre, a box in a window display caught my eye. The owner of the atelier, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sylvianne Bertolucci</span>, abandonned her dressmaker's manneqin and invited us in to visit her creations, costumes fabricated for the Venise Carnavale. She works downstairs in an old vaulted <span style="font-style: italic;">sous-sol</span> that she brought back to life herself. <a href="http://www.filenreves.fr/"></a>Her website: <a href="http://www.defilenreves.fr">http://www.defilenreves.fr</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qxBazrSI/AAAAAAAAAds/jhnzXPv1uVQ/s1600/aix+de+fils+en+reves.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qxBazrSI/AAAAAAAAAds/jhnzXPv1uVQ/s400/aix+de+fils+en+reves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475579743635221794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qqw-78pI/AAAAAAAAAdk/5O4bUkzurcQ/s1600/aix+hat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qqw-78pI/AAAAAAAAAdk/5O4bUkzurcQ/s400/aix+hat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475579636144140946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sylvianne Bertolucci with a costume she created over four months</span></span>.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qky9aTYI/AAAAAAAAAdc/Vq0Ojh8vrPA/s1600/aix+sylvianne+bertolucci.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qky9aTYI/AAAAAAAAAdc/Vq0Ojh8vrPA/s400/aix+sylvianne+bertolucci.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475579533595397506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qfuk_57I/AAAAAAAAAdU/N4kyFze5U-8/s1600/aix+feathered+hat+and+box.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qfuk_57I/AAAAAAAAAdU/N4kyFze5U-8/s400/aix+feathered+hat+and+box.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475579446519916466" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Our destination for the afternoon was a small museum with a private collection of faience and other <span style="font-style: italic;">objets</span>. When we arrived at the door, there was the inevitable paper sign tacked up: <b>Museum closed. Ring for the library.</b> Instructions on the little brass plates next to the doors said 1 ring for the museum, 2 rings for the library, so I rang twice. We heard a heavy key turning, and the heavy doors opened and a woman looked out. The library was<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>only made available to researchers and she had not idea when the museum would next be open, which could be next year, or the year after that.<br />We retreated to the Cours Mirabeau where we bought a bar of dark chocolate as consolation.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qbK-N4xI/AAAAAAAAAdM/EAOQbn4KDyY/s1600/aix+ferme.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qbK-N4xI/AAAAAAAAAdM/EAOQbn4KDyY/s400/aix+ferme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475579368242537234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Robert on rue 4 septembre, of our close encounter with the museum</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qVvttDoI/AAAAAAAAAdE/sl3DcUuEA7A/s1600/aix+robert+granet+st.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qVvttDoI/AAAAAAAAAdE/sl3DcUuEA7A/s400/aix+robert+granet+st.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475579275026173570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Reine, at the Monoprix on the Cours Mirabeau...generous and helpful and a fan of Montreal which she visited and admires for (what else?) its poutine...among other things.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qHRI8jEI/AAAAAAAAAc0/zLcsSsdJtkg/s1600/aix+reine+at+monoprix.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qHRI8jEI/AAAAAAAAAc0/zLcsSsdJtkg/s400/aix+reine+at+monoprix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475579026300767298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Parking is always dicey in Aix.</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qCwZ47NI/AAAAAAAAAcs/Ni_4ClNygjA/s1600/aix+parking.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_0qCwZ47NI/AAAAAAAAAcs/Ni_4ClNygjA/s400/aix+parking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475578948793986258" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-73878540449282085702010-05-23T10:42:00.022-04:002010-05-23T11:14:24.109-04:00Mont Ventoux<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAaH_2k6I/AAAAAAAAAcg/P0CeMuL6rd0/s1600/mt+ventoux+longview.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAaH_2k6I/AAAAAAAAAcg/P0CeMuL6rd0/s400/mt+ventoux+longview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474477639613191074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">No sooner arrived than we took off for the Vaucluse and our annual visit chez Habib and Ruth. The mistral was blowing, which meant windy days in Rians but as we travelled west we felt the full power of this chilly wind that blows down the Rhone Valley...and it was a particularly fierce mistral, so complained the provencales. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As if we did not have enough wind, we decided that </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >enfin</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> we would go to the top of the Mont Ventoux, a visit that has somehow been put off over the years.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Quite the experience! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I was the only one to get out of the car on the top and the wind was so strong that it took all my strenght just to stay standing. My ears almost froze off. And undaunted, the cyclists kept coming! (this is the holy grail of cycling hills)</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAVMxyj_I/AAAAAAAAAcY/e9CiTrm8Y5U/s1600/mt+ventoux+cyclists.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAVMxyj_I/AAAAAAAAAcY/e9CiTrm8Y5U/s400/mt+ventoux+cyclists.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474477554997039090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAQ5X191I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/on4v1aP5l2M/s1600/mt+ventoux+laces.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAQ5X191I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/on4v1aP5l2M/s400/mt+ventoux+laces.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474477481068459858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAMbR0LMI/AAAAAAAAAcI/u58YQKwQhTg/s1600/view+from+mt+ventoux.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAMbR0LMI/AAAAAAAAAcI/u58YQKwQhTg/s400/view+from+mt+ventoux.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474477404270636226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Just below the bare stony top is a relay station and a welcome cup of coffee. Half the cyclists were fortifying themselves for the cold ride down, the other half still had the last steep </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >montée </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">to do.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAF9pdhvI/AAAAAAAAAcA/jgwce9PxHQM/s1600/mt+ventoux+relai+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_lAF9pdhvI/AAAAAAAAAcA/jgwce9PxHQM/s400/mt+ventoux+relai+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474477293237536498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_9mSL2bI/AAAAAAAAAb4/o955-hPepLo/s1600/mt+ventoux+relai.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_9mSL2bI/AAAAAAAAAb4/o955-hPepLo/s400/mt+ventoux+relai.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474477149526940082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Picnic on the northern flank of the Mont Ventoux. We weren't exactly fighting the crowds for a good spot! But we had a perfect view of the top of the mountain.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_4tLv0-I/AAAAAAAAAbw/Cb1lM2Fxz48/s1600/picnic+ventoux.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_4tLv0-I/AAAAAAAAAbw/Cb1lM2Fxz48/s400/picnic+ventoux.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474477065479640034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_xhqeQxI/AAAAAAAAAbo/f2pEKK8stiA/s1600/habib+robert.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_xhqeQxI/AAAAAAAAAbo/f2pEKK8stiA/s400/habib+robert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474476942128202514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Back down in the valley, a vineyard. First greening.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_rl7CscI/AAAAAAAAAbg/sY2uU9uMH5E/s1600/vineyard+ventoux.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_rl7CscI/AAAAAAAAAbg/sY2uU9uMH5E/s400/vineyard+ventoux.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474476840192225730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Before the Ventoux we visited this barrage, the first one built in Provence in the early 18th C. Because of the wet spring the ground was carpeted with these lovely little blue flowers.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_lZLNhXI/AAAAAAAAAbY/cFQx-Jfhwhw/s1600/barrage+and+blue+flowers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_lZLNhXI/AAAAAAAAAbY/cFQx-Jfhwhw/s400/barrage+and+blue+flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474476733691168114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Nearby, the Chateau de Barroux</span>.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_g5SglVI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/6pz5iy-n7Dw/s1600/barroux+chateau.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_g5SglVI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/6pz5iy-n7Dw/s400/barroux+chateau.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474476656412366162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_b38s8GI/AAAAAAAAAbI/Wd_Jr-IIB6U/s1600/robert+chateau+barroux.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_b38s8GI/AAAAAAAAAbI/Wd_Jr-IIB6U/s400/robert+chateau+barroux.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474476570153119842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_KMFLyOI/AAAAAAAAAa4/OwYaMvwleWk/s1600/trio+chateau+barroux.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_KMFLyOI/AAAAAAAAAa4/OwYaMvwleWk/s400/trio+chateau+barroux.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474476266319759586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><br />A lovely little shop in Caromb, one of the villages at the foot of the Mont Ventoux</span><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_AbsgKeI/AAAAAAAAAaw/RAt-QpaLkxk/s1600/olive+oil.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S_k_AbsgKeI/AAAAAAAAAaw/RAt-QpaLkxk/s400/olive+oil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474476098712512994" border="0" /></a>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-63727013429564075632010-05-10T12:01:00.006-04:002011-04-11T13:34:22.610-04:00My Provence hat is ready<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S-gvru-MMhI/AAAAAAAAAak/05-y1VhNYlI/s1600/fraises.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S-gvru-MMhI/AAAAAAAAAak/05-y1VhNYlI/s400/fraises.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469674175831224850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The volcanic ash gave us a scare for a couple of days there, but by this morning it had dispersed (from European airspace and the news headlines), so once more we look forward to our departure on Friday. Over morning coffee I meandered over to the <a href="http://avignon-in-photos.blogspot.com/2010/05/fraises-et-asperges.html">Avignon in Photos</a> blog, to see how the weather is looking in Provence, and found this irresistible photo of the market in Isle sur la Sorgue. My provence hat is already sitting atop my suitcase!</span>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-32941925105205066632010-04-29T16:03:00.004-04:002010-04-29T16:25:05.305-04:00Thinking of Rians<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S9nmis0Sx4I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/EUWuBRK6JtM/s1600/lavender.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/S9nmis0Sx4I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/EUWuBRK6JtM/s400/lavender.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465653106611242882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Two weeks to go and we are beginning to wake up with Rians on our minds...and then this morning we received from our friends Guy and Francine an email filled with the blues of Provence--- dozens of photos of the fields of lavender under porcelain skies. Instant longing. Now we can think of all the familiar </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >senteurs </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">of Rians </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">as we run our last minute errands.</span></span>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-31749129186403086052009-07-24T12:28:00.039-04:002011-01-07T00:57:23.044-05:00Photos of Rians<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;" >Was just sending off some Provence photos to the photo lab... here are some </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;" >of the ones I took of Rians</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnl0l8r-XI/AAAAAAAAAVM/rJy4hUC9JTQ/s1600-h/001+rians+flowered+street+running+out+of+village.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362069523063896434" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnl0l8r-XI/AAAAAAAAAVM/rJy4hUC9JTQ/s400/001+rians+flowered+street+running+out+of+village.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnluUygsoI/AAAAAAAAAVE/_6SYFoyAbbM/s1600-h/01+rians+view+to+church.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362069415378596482" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnluUygsoI/AAAAAAAAAVE/_6SYFoyAbbM/s400/01+rians+view+to+church.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:85%;">la montée de l'église</span><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlpYK_UHI/AAAAAAAAAU8/0SyrURN1Zhs/s1600-h/02+rians+steps+composition+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362069330387226738" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlpYK_UHI/AAAAAAAAAU8/0SyrURN1Zhs/s400/02+rians+steps+composition+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlkSi0pOI/AAAAAAAAAU0/B6AXBtNWcXA/s1600-h/03+rians+church+and+broom.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362069242977232098" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlkSi0pOI/AAAAAAAAAU0/B6AXBtNWcXA/s400/03+rians+church+and+broom.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnlebi4HaI/AAAAAAAAAUs/m4qD9HsD6aA/s1600-h/04+rians+church+interior+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362069142314163618" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnlebi4HaI/AAAAAAAAAUs/m4qD9HsD6aA/s400/04+rians+church+interior+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlXH4vy9I/AAAAAAAAAUk/qKhOn9j9QA8/s1600-h/05+rians+church+notes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362069016778099666" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 269px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlXH4vy9I/AAAAAAAAAUk/qKhOn9j9QA8/s400/05+rians+church+notes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlG9L1IHI/AAAAAAAAAUc/A-cLWo9riJA/s1600-h/06+rians+bell+tower+ruth.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362068739027443826" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlG9L1IHI/AAAAAAAAAUc/A-cLWo9riJA/s400/06+rians+bell+tower+ruth.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlB_NlkMI/AAAAAAAAAUU/K0ddj_ES4-o/s1600-h/07+rians+church+wall+abstract.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362068653672337602" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnlB_NlkMI/AAAAAAAAAUU/K0ddj_ES4-o/s400/07+rians+church+wall+abstract.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnk72oRNWI/AAAAAAAAAUM/tvzC9WR_n6o/s1600-h/08+rians+view+from+mount+to+mountains.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362068548289115490" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 265px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnk72oRNWI/AAAAAAAAAUM/tvzC9WR_n6o/s400/08+rians+view+from+mount+to+mountains.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkzZPrYXI/AAAAAAAAAUE/fRJGmwCLGy4/s1600-h/09+rians+church+steps.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362068402962391410" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkzZPrYXI/AAAAAAAAAUE/fRJGmwCLGy4/s400/09+rians+church+steps.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnksx__8nI/AAAAAAAAAT8/Ggpn31GXJqk/s1600-h/10+rians+house+near+steps.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362068289348432498" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnksx__8nI/AAAAAAAAAT8/Ggpn31GXJqk/s400/10+rians+house+near+steps.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkngBXLxI/AAAAAAAAAT0/Wav_tdTqGbw/s1600-h/11+rians+boy+in+street.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362068198622965522" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkngBXLxI/AAAAAAAAAT0/Wav_tdTqGbw/s400/11+rians+boy+in+street.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnkid-W-5I/AAAAAAAAATs/U-aW3wCKeIk/s1600-h/12+rians+stones+by+gate.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362068112174152594" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnkid-W-5I/AAAAAAAAATs/U-aW3wCKeIk/s400/12+rians+stones+by+gate.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkW8XADCI/AAAAAAAAATk/dvbmrJ1mTUo/s1600-h/13+rians+two+trees+by+church+steps.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362067914172140578" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkW8XADCI/AAAAAAAAATk/dvbmrJ1mTUo/s400/13+rians+two+trees+by+church+steps.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:85%;" >la place St. Laurent<br /></span><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkRjeV5pI/AAAAAAAAATc/AmkMOUFkAOA/s1600-h/13a+rians+place+st+laurent+H+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362067821592700562" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkRjeV5pI/AAAAAAAAATc/AmkMOUFkAOA/s400/13a+rians+place+st+laurent+H+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">fountain at Place de Posteuil</span><br /></span><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkKTt67oI/AAAAAAAAATU/CAxIBT4ReDo/s1600-h/14+rians+place+posteuil+and+scooter.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362067697103990402" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 263px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnkKTt67oI/AAAAAAAAATU/CAxIBT4ReDo/s400/14+rians+place+posteuil+and+scooter.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnj_nry-wI/AAAAAAAAATM/cL7Xrna4E48/s1600-h/15+rians+rue+to+place+posteuil.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362067513485228802" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnj_nry-wI/AAAAAAAAATM/cL7Xrna4E48/s400/15+rians+rue+to+place+posteuil.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:85%;" > our Saturday market<br /></span><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnj6wajnZI/AAAAAAAAATE/5y3UieNEjek/s1600-h/16+rians+market.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362067429929491858" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnj6wajnZI/AAAAAAAAATE/5y3UieNEjek/s400/16+rians+market.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnj1c2jXKI/AAAAAAAAAS8/vNcakkwhLQo/s1600-h/17+rians+market+vegetable+stand.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362067338778860706" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnj1c2jXKI/AAAAAAAAAS8/vNcakkwhLQo/s400/17+rians+market+vegetable+stand.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjwewVjOI/AAAAAAAAAS0/AmlcPJP2YGQ/s1600-h/18+rians+market+clothing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362067253390314722" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 272px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjwewVjOI/AAAAAAAAAS0/AmlcPJP2YGQ/s400/18+rians+market+clothing.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjqgiBW_I/AAAAAAAAASs/2qb9N1K-z8M/s1600-h/19+rians+market+child+at+fountain.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362067150787927026" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjqgiBW_I/AAAAAAAAASs/2qb9N1K-z8M/s400/19+rians+market+child+at+fountain.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjlIXymoI/AAAAAAAAASk/sKtucG-x_JA/s1600-h/19a+rians+market+olvie+seller.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362067058403220098" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjlIXymoI/AAAAAAAAASk/sKtucG-x_JA/s400/19a+rians+market+olvie+seller.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnjf0PFKgI/AAAAAAAAASc/6txiWoAWmcs/s1600-h/20+rians+market+red+dress.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362066967098632706" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnjf0PFKgI/AAAAAAAAASc/6txiWoAWmcs/s400/20+rians+market+red+dress.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Mme Paseri's small shop</span><br /></span><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjancQahI/AAAAAAAAASU/QfG-W7TmkW8/s1600-h/21+rians+mme+paseri+shop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362066877764889106" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjancQahI/AAAAAAAAASU/QfG-W7TmkW8/s400/21+rians+mme+paseri+shop.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjVY3ocCI/AAAAAAAAASM/U-0s-xRD9Ps/s1600-h/22+rians+sweeper+rue+central.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362066787953831970" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjVY3ocCI/AAAAAAAAASM/U-0s-xRD9Ps/s400/22+rians+sweeper+rue+central.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> <span style="font-size:85%;">there's old and older in Rians,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">and this corner looks very old indeed</span><br /></span><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjQElBQRI/AAAAAAAAASE/KzOCKZdGq90/s1600-h/23+rians+old+houses.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362066696607711506" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjQElBQRI/AAAAAAAAASE/KzOCKZdGq90/s400/23+rians+old+houses.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjBmr47lI/AAAAAAAAAR8/ag_0IHd5FUg/s1600-h/24+rians+view+of+street+and+bell+tower.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362066448065293906" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnjBmr47lI/AAAAAAAAAR8/ag_0IHd5FUg/s400/24+rians+view+of+street+and+bell+tower.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smni8Eg0_lI/AAAAAAAAAR0/2StSgPnc6lw/s1600-h/25+rians+evening+colors+on+walls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362066352992747090" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smni8Eg0_lI/AAAAAAAAAR0/2StSgPnc6lw/s400/25+rians+evening+colors+on+walls.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smni3ZU38ZI/AAAAAAAAARs/tEGfA2j54e8/s1600-h/26+rians+green+door.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362066272680407442" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smni3ZU38ZI/AAAAAAAAARs/tEGfA2j54e8/s400/26+rians+green+door.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnixp-HcvI/AAAAAAAAARk/uto67EYHU0w/s1600-h/27+rians+chien+mecant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362066174069142258" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnixp-HcvI/AAAAAAAAARk/uto67EYHU0w/s400/27+rians+chien+mecant.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:85%;" >the restaurant at the Esplanade</span><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnifxQpMrI/AAAAAAAAARc/g-duBdtvn_c/s1600-h/28+rians+hotel+de+l%27esplanade.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362065866788254386" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnifxQpMrI/AAAAAAAAARc/g-duBdtvn_c/s400/28+rians+hotel+de+l%27esplanade.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnhxANKdMI/AAAAAAAAARM/M2BXyrtGsDg/s1600-h/30+rians+hotel+dining+room.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362065063346336962" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnhxANKdMI/AAAAAAAAARM/M2BXyrtGsDg/s400/30+rians+hotel+dining+room.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnhq2J6t_I/AAAAAAAAARE/KLXVoy3cU-M/s1600-h/31+rians+blue+door+table.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362064957569153010" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/Smnhq2J6t_I/AAAAAAAAARE/KLXVoy3cU-M/s400/31+rians+blue+door+table.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnhfM6_wZI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/Al3IDv5PgpU/s1600-h/32+rians+houses+on+field+by+esplanade.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362064757522153874" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SmnhfM6_wZI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/Al3IDv5PgpU/s400/32+rians+houses+on+field+by+esplanade.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718272894976715555.post-974684364699934702009-06-19T08:46:00.030-04:002011-03-16T12:56:18.238-04:00Travels in the Vaucluse<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuL2er8_iI/AAAAAAAAAQs/QqcvjoaPzjg/s1600-h/Fontaine-de-Vaucluse+view+from+pont.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349022750499208738" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuL2er8_iI/AAAAAAAAAQs/QqcvjoaPzjg/s400/Fontaine-de-Vaucluse+view+from+pont.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">Fontaine-de-Vaucluse</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">This is probably the last batch of photos that I will have a chance to post. We are in our last week and already feel the pinch...beginning to do the minor repairs and adjustments to the apartment that we do every year before we leave. These phots are from the trip we just took to visit our friends Habib and Ruth in the Vaucluse. We left early in the morning, making a detour to stop for have a picnic lunch in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, one of Provence's lovelier villages and home to the poet Petrarch in the 14th century.</div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLsuS0JkI/AAAAAAAAAQk/aV0i6VukgxY/s1600-h/Fontaine+de+Vaucluse+main+place.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349022582890047042" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLsuS0JkI/AAAAAAAAAQk/aV0i6VukgxY/s400/Fontaine+de+Vaucluse+main+place.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLjNfo87I/AAAAAAAAAQc/GC3-oPEKd_0/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+picnic+spot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349022419466646450" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLjNfo87I/AAAAAAAAAQc/GC3-oPEKd_0/s400/FdeVaucluse+picnic+spot.jpg" border="0" /></a>our picnic spot in the little park behind the musee Petrarch<br /></div><div align="center"><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLXjrcjaI/AAAAAAAAAQU/12d3npJrMkw/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+Sorge+river.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349022219263315362" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLXjrcjaI/AAAAAAAAAQU/12d3npJrMkw/s400/FdeVaucluse+Sorge+river.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLQC8gN0I/AAAAAAAAAQM/p-Z5LspYPcg/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+river+cove.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349022090217404226" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLQC8gN0I/AAAAAAAAAQM/p-Z5LspYPcg/s400/FdeVaucluse+river+cove.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Petrarch himself, in stone, encircled by ancient plane trees that look old enough to have provided him with shade while composing his sonnets<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLHc0T4iI/AAAAAAAAAQE/xAbZWbOunQE/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+petrarch+bust+and+platane.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349021942543540770" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuLHc0T4iI/AAAAAAAAAQE/xAbZWbOunQE/s400/FdeVaucluse+petrarch+bust+and+platane.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuK-A4UZRI/AAAAAAAAAP8/AWWT4dWUf_g/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+musee+petrarch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349021780425336082" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuK-A4UZRI/AAAAAAAAAP8/AWWT4dWUf_g/s400/FdeVaucluse+musee+petrarch.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div></div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKr6DGkoI/AAAAAAAAAPs/kQHkOpsr8r4/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+ancient+platanes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349021469353874050" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKr6DGkoI/AAAAAAAAAPs/kQHkOpsr8r4/s400/FdeVaucluse+ancient+platanes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />the church in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKj1aCREI/AAAAAAAAAPk/Hkl4XySd234/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+eglise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349021330668930114" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKj1aCREI/AAAAAAAAAPk/Hkl4XySd234/s400/FdeVaucluse+eglise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKcTeqVTI/AAAAAAAAAPc/TrhgZhR9zW0/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+faun+statue+devant+eglise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349021201302443314" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKcTeqVTI/AAAAAAAAAPc/TrhgZhR9zW0/s400/FdeVaucluse+faun+statue+devant+eglise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Shade is at a premium. Our temperatures for the past few days have soared into the mid-90s<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKSxw0bBI/AAAAAAAAAPU/uNDsGDCYTWs/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+shade.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349021037632973842" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKSxw0bBI/AAAAAAAAAPU/uNDsGDCYTWs/s400/FdeVaucluse+shade.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />To each his own comfort<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKKyWPqXI/AAAAAAAAAPM/Zc-rnd1ITwM/s1600-h/FdeVaucluse+cute+dog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349020900350994802" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKKyWPqXI/AAAAAAAAAPM/Zc-rnd1ITwM/s400/FdeVaucluse+cute+dog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The next day, with our friends, we visited the Gorges de Nesque<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKA7rdxhI/AAAAAAAAAPE/JlrwfNY4P-I/s1600-h/gorges+de+nesque+view.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349020731057227282" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuKA7rdxhI/AAAAAAAAAPE/JlrwfNY4P-I/s400/gorges+de+nesque+view.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJ2NDLO0I/AAAAAAAAAO8/WgGkybz8HqI/s1600-h/mt.ventoux+gorges+de+nesque.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349020546741517122" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJ2NDLO0I/AAAAAAAAAO8/WgGkybz8HqI/s400/mt.ventoux+gorges+de+nesque.jpg" border="0" /></a> Robert and Habib at the belvedere<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJt99f97I/AAAAAAAAAO0/eDgMVHL98R8/s1600-h/gorges+de+nesque+rb+habib.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349020405252224946" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJt99f97I/AAAAAAAAAO0/eDgMVHL98R8/s400/gorges+de+nesque+rb+habib.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJmhg5YzI/AAAAAAAAAOs/_gNGE6r0eYs/s1600-h/gorges+de+nesque+view+of+cliff.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349020277356978994" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJmhg5YzI/AAAAAAAAAOs/_gNGE6r0eYs/s400/gorges+de+nesque+view+of+cliff.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ruth photographing<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJf1_FSbI/AAAAAAAAAOk/DdM4n4EBaoA/s1600-h/gorges+de+nesque+ruth+photographing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349020162593212850" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJf1_FSbI/AAAAAAAAAOk/DdM4n4EBaoA/s400/gorges+de+nesque+ruth+photographing.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The view of valley as we approached Sault<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJZlkndLI/AAAAAAAAAOc/urc18hO6H40/s1600-h/view+approaching+sault.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349020055108023474" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJZlkndLI/AAAAAAAAAOc/urc18hO6H40/s400/view+approaching+sault.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Market day at Sault<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJUMxpitI/AAAAAAAAAOU/Ejx-ZQQzMdc/s1600-h/sault+market.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349019962552453842" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJUMxpitI/AAAAAAAAAOU/Ejx-ZQQzMdc/s400/sault+market.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJOrogdqI/AAAAAAAAAOM/KlOS42M-Tig/s1600-h/sault+eglise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349019867756394146" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJOrogdqI/AAAAAAAAAOM/KlOS42M-Tig/s400/sault+eglise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJB9O7biI/AAAAAAAAAN8/6K9wGCvWsT4/s1600-h/sault+pretty+facade.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349019649142648354" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuJB9O7biI/AAAAAAAAAN8/6K9wGCvWsT4/s400/sault+pretty+facade.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A funny little fountain, you give it a pump then wait and wait and finally the water arrives<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuI7gB_AfI/AAAAAAAAAN0/juCONas8S6o/s1600-h/sault+robert+with+manual+fountain.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349019538224513522" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuI7gB_AfI/AAAAAAAAAN0/juCONas8S6o/s400/sault+robert+with+manual+fountain.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2TukiOb-sM/SjuI2Qcuw7I/AAAAAAAAANs/RPgwktgZh3U/s1600-h/cheval+blanc+cafe.jpg"></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>judith pickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855915605995691061noreply@blogger.com0