Finally….some flowers!
As you probably know, we spent three weeks in France and, of course, saw lots of photo-worthy flowers. I will be doing several more posts about our trip and travel in general, but for now let’s start with one of my much-loved subjects.
This is from one of our favorite places in Paris:
We spent about an hour here (much too short…) while waiting for our hotel room and after that long, tiring flight over.
Loving these colors:
Next stop was Avignon and then on to our town of
Vaison-la-Romaine
We have been here several times and have wanted to rent in the town. One of the main reasons it is so appealing to us is the lack of tourists. You don’t hear much English here and that is just fine with us! A friend who lives nearby (an American) says it’s “just about the perfect town.”

Here you can put it in context with the rest of France.
This is the front door of our lovely rented house. Built in the 1600’s!

Husband got very tired of continually having to duck in every doorway….but that’s just the way it is in such an old building.
A variety of plants on our terrace:
We spent two nights over in Uzès and stayed at
And the view from our room:
I highly recommend this hotel. Lovely. Old yet modern. Breakfast was delightful. Very convenient. Large rooms. Owners on premises. Delightful terrace on the fourth floor.
And back in our house:
This was the view from our terrace. Sipping rosé and indulging in some of the best olives ever while watching the sun set: not a bad way to end each day!
I’ll be back with more posts next week….
Sounds like you had a fabulous time in France! I love Uzes, so much character. It also sounds as if you had lovely weather, it suddenly got so much colder this week.
Susan: Yes, it was wonderful! The first week was truly summertime, and then after a day of rain it was cooler. We drove much more than usual thanks to the GPS in the car!! It saved us from many bad moments! I just looked at your blog and will follow now. How, in the world, do you do it all with five children to care for? Congratulations!! A bientot.
The in car GPS is a truly fantastic invention! Although sometimes new roads don’t show and I have been known to go around a new roundabout several times! Five children are possibly easier than two, they always have someone to play with!!!
Hi Libby and welcome back.
With Vaison being where it is, I was wondering why you didn’t fly into Bordeaux — which I think is considerably closer. It sounds like you had a tremendously arduous journey just to get to your little house.
I send you warm regards.
Bordeaux is 6 hours from Vaison….Marseille 1 1/2 hours, but the Avignon TGV station is 30 minutes. Love this area. I know you had a wonderful time. Can’t wait to hear more about it. Memories to get us through the winter!
MJ: Yes indeed, the memories are there. It was fabulous. Are you on Instagram? not sure. I post a lot there and had videos going for a lot of the trip.
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Kate: We now have a direct flight from here, RDU, to Paris! So we definitely wanted to take advantage of that…and we were going back to Paris at the end. We also love the TGV!! The journey wasn’t bad but wait until you see the steps we had to climb with suitcases etc! Another ten years and we wouldn’t make it…..!
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LUCKY LIBBY……….I so need a TRIP in my future.
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Looks like a picture-book vacation Libby. Glad you had fun.
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