Today we had breakfast here at he villa, masses of pastries, cheeses, the yoghurt I like in glass bottles as well as yoghurt in ceramic.
We slowly got our act together and arrived at le Baux de Provence which initially looked like a hilly but beautiful tourist trap. It was a mediaeval village now crowded with tourists, hilly but with an amazing outlook to les Alpes (which is the unimaginative nme of he nearby range).
There was a sign advertising jousting that Barbie was keen to see at 12pm and of course we were just a little late but paid the 10 euros to see the expanded area of the sight. Well worth it as it was only in the paid area that you had access to thge remnants of the 12 century castle and incredible views of Provence below.
I was seeing the attaction of the place - consistent rows of olive trees aside grapes all within cutesy farms of differing geometric shapes. We also discovered the meaning of le Mistral, a famous wind that hits the area with some consistency. I think today was le Mistral on steroids as Barbie almost got blown of some major cliffs.
After that was les Lumieres ..?? which was an art exhibition in a massive hollowed out part of the mountain. Featuring the art Gustav Klimpt it was art projected on 10 metre walls and columns with Wagner, Beethoven and Strauss in the backgroung with acoustics possible only in this cave like area. Without doubt the most amazing art exhibit we have ever seen. See photos.
On to St Remy which is very famous and we enjoyed wandering bout but I think we missed the more interesting aspects that actually make it famous.
Back to he farm and I have a swim and relaz by the pool before our home style meal at 8pm. The good thing staying at this farm style place vs a hotel is that the other guest interact and so dinner was enhanced by having 2 Germans join us. We has quail, which were fillets (must be big quail) and all other produce was from the farm followed by home made ice cream.
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