Once again, I must say, if it's Tuesday, it must be Vaison la Romaine for what must be considered one of the best markets in Provence. Despite the overnight rain, it evolved into a beautiful morning for a stroll in an, as ever, congested Vaison market. Apparently most of this part of Provence feels the same way.
We had no particular shopping list in mind, which can be dangerous. So, we purchased the items with which we were most enamoured and revisited our favourite vendors, like Vivian who has not only wonderful olives but the best sundried tomatoes in the world and Lilian who displayed more beautiful tablecloths and invited us to his place for a drink.
We enjoyed our walk through the entire market, enjoying the cast of regular characters that make this market a must visit.
By the time we finished our walk it was lunch time, so we set out to a restaurant we couldn't get into in Puymeras last year. Once again, we discovered that for Girocendre, Tuesdays are their closed day, so we took some pics and moved on.
It started to look like today's route would be a circle as we headed for the next lunch possibility in Villedieu. We'd been to Maison Bleu with Peter and Margaret in the past, but since it was also closed, we ate in the square at the Cafe du Centre. Lunch under the trimmed plane trees was very enjoyable. Actually, the tree trimming dude was still at work on the last tree, but the ones above us were naked.
The rest of the day was slow with a nice grilled lamb loin for dinner and a couple of games of Canasta - boys might have won today.
We had no particular shopping list in mind, which can be dangerous. So, we purchased the items with which we were most enamoured and revisited our favourite vendors, like Vivian who has not only wonderful olives but the best sundried tomatoes in the world and Lilian who displayed more beautiful tablecloths and invited us to his place for a drink.
We enjoyed our walk through the entire market, enjoying the cast of regular characters that make this market a must visit.
By the time we finished our walk it was lunch time, so we set out to a restaurant we couldn't get into in Puymeras last year. Once again, we discovered that for Girocendre, Tuesdays are their closed day, so we took some pics and moved on.
It started to look like today's route would be a circle as we headed for the next lunch possibility in Villedieu. We'd been to Maison Bleu with Peter and Margaret in the past, but since it was also closed, we ate in the square at the Cafe du Centre. Lunch under the trimmed plane trees was very enjoyable. Actually, the tree trimming dude was still at work on the last tree, but the ones above us were naked.
The rest of the day was slow with a nice grilled lamb loin for dinner and a couple of games of Canasta - boys might have won today.
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