Wow and I thought yesterday was rigorous – today was longer
and steeper than yesterday but very enjoyable. Again, the weather was glorious
and the reward of a fabulous 3 course meal at the end (ending with mousse au
chocolate!) was enough to keep me going.
Our 65 km trip today took us to St. Remy de Provence, the
home of Nostradamus and the place where Van Gogh painted Starry Night (and many
others) when he was hospitalized for mental problems. Following that we had a 4 km ascent to the
village of Les Baux , perched at the top of the hill. We entered a light display of artwork by
several Austrian artists, none of which I had heard of before. It’s hard to describe in words but imagine huge
50 foot walls of a vast granite quarry on which are displayed, in animated
fashion and with music, artwork on the walls and floors and always changing.
Quite stunning.
Our next trip was 200 m to the medieval castle which turned into about 1 km because of an unexpected detour. And all uphill! Needless to say, Marj and I weren’t that keen on walking to the top of the turrets but we saw quite a bit of it.
During the day we passed through many kilometres of olive tree orchards as well as grain fields (wheat or barley?) and poppy fields.
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