Blogs from Nyons, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe

After plenty of entertaining and socializing in the last week, we opted for a quiet day. When walking around the town this morning, we discovered that an 8 day international pétanque (boules) championship, called “Les 8 Jours de la Ville de Nyons” is starting this Friday night. It must be important as they are offering huge prize money…maybe we should enter after all the practice we’ve had at Margie & Rod’s place in Katoomba?? This afternoon we did some shopping, wrote & sent off some postcards and relaxed with a sorbet at Miss Maple’s Salon du Thé, very close to our abode. On Sat 28th we head to Italy… we’ve been reflecting on just how fast almost 6 weeks of our holiday have flown by!... read more

We opted for a relatively quiet day today so spent the morning soaking up the sun on the terrasse of our unit. After a late lunch we spent some time availing ourselves of the free Wifi at the local tourist office and watching locals play a game of pétanque just outside. A drive through the mountains to La Motte Chalancon, about 35km from Nyons took us back through the wonderful Gorge de St May where the rock formations never cease to astound. Stopped briefly at St May so Chery could take some pics then headed through Rémuzat (a town we had previously visited) to La Motte Chalancon. It was yet another picture postcard village in the mountains with beautiful views of the mountains, vineyards & olive plantations below. Its local church, Notre Dame de L’Annonciation, first ... read more

Another day, another market…or so we thought! We were keen to visit the town of Vinsobres and thought that there was a market there on Mondays. The info must have been out of date as the village, whilst very pretty and in a lovely area, was completely dead. Even the church and the impressive protestant temple were closed! We wandered around for a while then headed back to Nyons for a coffee and lunch. We had another game of tennis in the late afternoon, managing to get it in just before there was a shower of rain.... read more

This morning we took advantage of the free wifi offered at the Tourist Office in Nyons. The wifi in the apartment is costing 3€ for 100Mb so it’s a bit too easy to rack up a big bill. We caught up on bills and emails and enquired about a place for Geoff & Chery. The only place available was up an incredibly steep hill in the old town. I think everything will be fine here but if not, there is a little hotel to fall back on. The Museum of Archaeology, the Museum of the Olive Tree (part of the Coopérative de Nyonsais) and a bit of wine and gift shopping filled up our afternoon. Both museums had interesting information about the local area – excellent fossils, mineral specimens & artefacts at the former & fascinating ... read more

Informations du jour de Cedric. Caroline est temporairement "blogged out" Another Thursday already, another sunny day and another mega marche day in Nyons. Before shopping for our weekly legumes, fruits, pains etc, we enjoyed a coffee and a chat - in French & English - with our host and friend Arlette Moutin. We had a late lunch, sat in the sun on the terrasse , then went for a walk to Le Jardin des Aromes (garden of aromatic plants) by the riverside in Nyons. We went here a couple of weeks ago on a very hot afternoon and didn't really appreciate this very beautiful garden. That's all folks!... read more