Our adventure is changing from history, architecture and night life in Spain to beautiful countryside, food and wine in France. And our typical daily food budget is going from 50e-60e to 150e-200e. Provence is a region in southeast France and we are in the central part of Provence. You might think of Provence as northern California and central Provence is the equivalent of the Bay Area. We have taken day trips east, south and north so far; I list the towns we visited in the next blog.
On our first day here, we decided to splurge and go to a very nice (and expensive) restaurant, Le Mas des Herbes Blanches, in a town about 30 minutes away called Joucas. I mention the town so you might use Google maps (satellite view) to see how it is up on a mountain overlooking the Vaucluse and Luberon valleys. We met a famous Hollywood director named Adrian Lyne (Flashdance, Fatal Attraction, etc.) and his wife who live here 6 months out of the year, and they gave us recommendations where to go and what to see. After they left, we started talking with another couple and stayed for a total of 6 hours. Our view of the valleys was amazing.
Note to Jason: The director knows Joel Silver quite well. We talked about the Ultimate History Book, the sport, you and Joel's role in the sport for 30 minutes. He can't wait to call Joel about it. Now we have a director and producer; perhaps a movie is not far behind ;)
After such a wonderful lunch (by far the most expensive lunch we ever had), we headed back to our town of L'Isle sur la Sorgue (the Sorgue is a river which flows by and around the town) and a small dinner. Our town is known for its river which controlled its history and business in the past. Now it is a bustling little town with a great market on Sunday. Appropriate for Yom Kippur, a little Jewish history. This town was one of the very few places Jews were allowed to live in France in the 1700s because the Popes allowed them to live here in Ghettos.
Au Revoir,
Joe
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