Sarah stayed home sick from school today. She, make that WE, had been up most of the night because of her cough. She rested and slept all morning but by lunch time she was feeling much better. We could tell because she wanted lunch AND to go swimming in the pool. Once fed and refreshed, she even had the energy to go on an outing. Nick and I were thrilled because we were ready for one too!
We got out the map and looked for someplace we thought would be interesting and not too far of a drive. We settled on going the Aqueduc de Roquefavour and the nearby town of Ventebren and about a 30 minute drive west of Aix. This is the biggest aqueduct in the WORLD! We drove by, around and under the Aqueduc en route to Ventebren.
The road narrowed and wound it's way up to the hilltop village where we parked the car and walked up into a charming town of "walking only'"streets that meandered about amongst the homes of this picturesque hill town. It was about 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon and we found the village mostly quiet with hardly a soul around. We did enjoy someones lovely piano music floating out of one of the many open windows of the homes. Sarah enjoyed being our photographer of the day.
We climbed up and up through the windy streets enjoying what lay around each corner...
When we finally reached the top of the town, we found the ruins of the Castle of Queen Jean...
and a lovely view of the town below....
We descended back into town where we asked the local tourist office for a recommendation for dinner. We were nicely directed to a restaurant in the next town. As we drove, our mouths were watering for the fantastic meal we thought awaited us. Sadly, we were disappointed to find it closed with a sign explaining they were on vacation until the 28th of September-another few weeks. Tant pis!
We tried driving south to what we thought might be a little "Sausalito(CA) type' town. We followed the map to the end of a land mass on the water to a town called Berre d'Etang.-which we knew nothing about. We were disappointed again when it turned out to be a rough, industrial, town with nothing worth even slowing the car down for! Cutting our losses, and with hungry stomachs, we headed home for the comfort of the known but meager contents of our own fridge and a cooling swim. It's all part of the process.......with travel as in life, we live and learn.
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