For the tour I’d originally cooked up for this fall and had to postpone, I was thinking of Venasque as a base for a few nights, to explore a bit of the area. I had also considered Pernes-les-Fontaines. I’ve seen neither and you’ve seen both. Thoughts?

Ah, riding in the mud. I spent a half hour cleaning my shoes and picking mud out of the cleats last night. Keith’s weren’t nearly as bad as he doesn’t put his feet down as often as I do.

It was really a place worth poking around. I’d have stayed longer if I wasn’t getting anxious about the weather.

Thanks, Patrick. It was a scene I wanted to remember.

Isn’t it though? At my first glance I thought it was an acrobat until I looked again. Disturbing.

What a powerful sculpture!

Like the wall, love the woman is your motto!

A lovely piece of writing about your observations about the family.

Good catch. You're excellent geography skills and orientation skills are impressive. Most people would miss this detail.

Great photo! So much going on here. They even gave the dead end a name.

MUCH better on foot.

Better on foot than on a bike.

Thanks for the kind words, Scott. The old age truck comes for us all unfortunately, but we seem to be adapting OK. I’m not sure we’ve ever enjoyed a stay in Provence as much as this one.

It really is. It’s the kind of town I like best, really. Small enough that it’s easy to orient yourself, easy to get in and out of, not a huge tourism hotspot but still plenty interesting. Southern France is full of places like this.

This looks like an interesting place, and it could be right on our route. Southern France is interesting!