Today we spent the morning sleeping, swimming in the pool and doing some touristy things.
Unfortunately yesterday I realised that I didn't bring the charger for my laptop so now I am sans laptop and writing this instead from mum's iPad, which I can't control at all!
After a morning spent in search of a French charger for my laptop we finally gave up and headed for the pretty town of Fontaine-de-Vauclause, where the source to the river Sorge is. The town mostly consists of restaurants and little trinket shops, with a huge river flowing through it. After a short walk (10 minutes on a warm day, 30 on a boiling hot one) you come to a pool of water that is clearly very very deep judging by the black centre of it! Surrounding this pool, the source of the river, are tall vertical jagged cliffs, the backdrop to the town and the river. This dramatic setting with the river rushing past down waterfalls behind is perfect for a cool drink in one of the riverside cafes or a melon (the best flavour) ice cream.
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| The Papier Moulin and Fontain-de-Vaucluse |
From here we jumped in the car and went 10 minutes down the road to Isle-sur-la-Sorge, supposedly the Venice of the south of France. Although the centre of the town is pretty, with riverside restaurants and lots of bridges, the rest of the town is just scruffy houses and a few mismatched shops. A nice quick picture stop but not worth a full afternoon!
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| Isle-sur-la-Sorge |
So that was my Monday spent in Provence!
Jusqu'à la prochaine fois! :)
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