Towns East:
This day was all very small towns including Gordes, Joucas, Rousillon with its vivid red clay mountain, and Goult. We walked through some of these towns without seeing anyone except for Rousillon which was full of tourists. In the evening we drove to Coustelle where we had dinner and went down into the wine cellar to select our wine. The pumpkin, mushroom soup was amazing... wish we had the recipe.
Towns South:
Les Baux (amazing fort), St. Remy (where Van Gogh lived a while and painted), and Cavillon where they still have a Synagogue they maintain as a museum which we visited. The photos we took of the Synagogue are astounding since it was last used over 3 hundred years ago.
Towns North (wine tasting in the Rhone valley):
Vacqueyras, Gigondas, Sequret, Orange (with a large still in use Roman Amphitheater), and Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Our camera battery ran out so no photos of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, but we tasted and bought some awesome wine from a man whose family has been making his wine for 6 generations.
The stories behind the towns are fun and interesting and I will try to do them justice as I update this blog; please check back.
Sunday Oct. 1, we took it easy and stayed in L'Isle sur la Sorgue and walked around the large Sunday market with over 100 stalls selling produce, fruit, clothing and wares. We enjoyed a special goat cheese from Banon in Provence which is very strong and great with bread and a strong wine.
Tuesday was Yom Kippur and we took a day trip to the largest town in the area, Avignon.
Bon Soir,
Joe
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