Day 29
We have arrived in the gorgeous town of St Remy in beautiful Provence. The weather is hot and the lavender is just starting to flower. Our home for the next 6 days has a beautiful pool (now clean and free of blue spots) and is just on the outskirts of the town. We can sit out in the evenings on our terrasse and drink wine and eat olives.
Today was another hot 32 degrees. We were slow moving this morning due to our late night yesterday. We headed into St Remy for the market day about 10am. These markets are amazing - hundreds of stalls selling food, clothes, toys, jewellery and art. Street after street is filled with people and noise and colour. It would be wonderful to take your time to come here and do the bulk of your shopping each week - meat, veg, cheese and bread.
After the market we headed to Le Baux a small hillside village nearby with the remains of a chateau. The village and chateau are built on a rocky hillside in a regional park. We found shade under a tree and enjoyed our usual picnic of baguette, ham, cheese and salad. Food here is delicious and it is cheaper than NZ for most things. Baguettes are usually between 85c and 1 euro. Camembert as cheap as 2 euro at the supermarket for oozy delicious cheese full of flavour.
The views are stunning from the top of the hill where the chateau is and the walk through the picturesque cobbled village was interesting. The heat was getting to be a bit much for the children so we rested in the shade of some rocks whilst Scott finished touring the keep and the ramparts.
Enough sightseeing done for the day so we returned home to swim in the pool. The family we are staying with have 4 children and the youngest two who are 7 & 13 came and joined our kids in the pool which they loved. The children are trying out their french on their new friends and it is interesting seeing them realise that its good to be able to communicate with french people in their langugage. James was asking how to say particular phrases and Holly is working out how to make sentences with the language that she does know which is great.
Looks and sounds delicious. Do the locals speak any english or do you have to get by with your french?
ReplyDeleteIts a mix some speak none, others speak fluent english. My french is good enough to get by with which is great. I tend to speak in french unless they are speaking to us all and then we drop to English.
DeleteThat's awesome!
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