It had to happen. There had to be an end and apparently today is it. Back to reality and Canada tomorrow. But, so as to not waste a day, back we went to Vaison la Romaine for a last market - last kick at the cat, so to speak.
Due to the torrential downpour yesterday and the still heavily overcast skies, market attendance today was the lowest we have ever seen it, by market goers and vendors alike - no Vivian to be had. We did tell Lilian we were leaving but said we'd check out his new house next year.
The river running through Vaison was wild. Normally it's a trickle - testimonial for sure to the quantity of rain received yesterday.
Since tomorrow promises to involve a lot of sitting, we thought we'd better get some more exercise. Instead, we rolled into Gigondas, tasted some wine and went for our last fine French dining experinece for a while at L'Oustalet. Oh well, we'll walk at the airport.
It was not deemed patio weather today, so for our first time ever, we ate indoors. As other customers arrived it became clear that the restaurant was full of anglophones.
We each had two courses for 35E. This we accompanied with two glasses of wine - one white Chateauneuf du Pape and one red Gigondas. My first course was a celery ravioli with seared foie gras and I had a fricassee of rabbit for my main dish. Dawn had cod with beans - may not sound great but Dawn raved about it. Then we shared her dessert, figs along with anise toffee and chocolate ice cream. This restaurant never disappoints and I overheard one of the anglophones saying it was the best food he'd had in France.
This will conclude this edition of my Travelogue as we'll be on the road for Marseilles shortly after 6:00 tomorrow morning. We've had another fabulous journey! Highlights? Everywhere! Disappointments? None! We are very fortunate and once again La Vie Est Belle!!!
It had to happen. There had to be an end and apparently today is it. Back to reality and Canada tomorrow. But, so as to not waste a day, back we went to Vaison la Romaine for a last market - last kick at the cat, so to speak.
Due to the torrential downpour yesterday and the still heavily overcast skies, market attendance today was the lowest we have ever seen it, by market goers and vendors alike - no Vivian to be had. We did tell Lilian we were leaving but said we'd check out his new house next year.
The river running through Vaison was wild. Normally it's a trickle - testimonial for sure to the quantity of rain received yesterday.
Since tomorrow promises to involve a lot of sitting, we thought we'd better get some more exercise. Instead, we rolled into Gigondas, tasted some wine and went for our last fine French dining experinece for a while at L'Oustalet. Oh well, we'll walk at the airport.
It was not deemed patio weather today, so for our first time ever, we ate indoors. As other customers arrived it became clear that the restaurant was full of anglophones.
We each had two courses for 35E. This we accompanied with two glasses of wine - one white Chateauneuf du Pape and one red Gigondas. My first course was a celery ravioli with seared foie gras and I had a fricassee of rabbit for my main dish. Dawn had cod with beans - may not sound great but Dawn raved about it. Then we shared her dessert, figs along with anise toffee and chocolate ice cream. This restaurant never disappoints and I overheard one of the anglophones saying it was the best food he'd had in France.
This will conclude this edition of my Travelogue as we'll be on the road for Marseilles shortly after 6:00 tomorrow morning. We've had another fabulous journey! Highlights? Everywhere! Disappointments? None! We are very fortunate and once again La Vie Est Belle!!!
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