View of countryside from Gordes

Driving in Provence

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April 30th 2009
This morning we woke up to rain, but by the time we finished breakfast, it was sunny. So we decided to take a drive into the countryside of Provence. Our first stop was south of Avignon to St Remy, where Vincent Van Gogh spent many years painting. Alas, it was market day, and impossible to park anywhere. So we changed directions and headed east to the Luberon. This is a mountainous area of vi ... read more

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