TGV photos

Some photos from the TGV at 300 km/h, we saw a lot more of the countryside, very quickly !

Landscapes, snacks and speed.

Avignon TGV station

After sadly leaving Clos de Lethe, we drove to Avignon and found that there was a one day train strike on. The station itself was very cool and full of people waiting for a train. There were 3 full size trains crammed onto one half size train. It still went at the same speed (300 km/h) so we only had to stand for 3 hours. 

Random Uzès photos

Some more random Uzès photos.

Uzès square dinner

We liked the dinner at Terroirs so much that we went back for another meal.

Domain de Saint Siffrien

We visited another winery in the Chateauneuf du Pape region called Saint Siffrien.

We couldn't believe how rocky the soil was that they were ploughing.

Lunch

We stopped for lunch after visiting Domaine la Péquélette at a place called Du verre a l'assiette, which specialised in wine and simple plates of salami.

This was a melted wheel of brie and it was delicious.

Inside Domaine la Péquélette

He uses concrete wine tanks and let the grapes crushed themselves under their own weight. It's a very gentle way to crush them and results in a very clean wine.

Domaine la Péquélette

We went on a wine tour around the Chateauneuf du Pape region. This is the first winery with an amazing view towards Mt. Ventoux. He uses a biodynamic way of farming, part of which involved burying cow's horns full of manure.

Clos de Lethe

Morning view from our upstairs balcony.

Delicious fresh breakfast.

Outside wall of our room, the little top right window was in the main room and the larger top right window was in the bathroom.

Rest of the meal at L'Artemise

The rest of the meal and our laughing waiter. We asked him (in French) to only speak French to us so we could practice and he kept forgetting and would start off in English then remember and switch to French. Lots of fun !

Back at L'Artemise

We enjoyed it so much the first time that we came back for more. We had a completely different menu which was amazing, apart from the red tuna sushi, which we sort of requested. ;)

More Palais des Papes

The windows were cool and there was an art exhibition in one of the halls.

Palais des Papes

Palais des Papes

The Palais des Papes (English: Papal palace) is a historical palace in Avignon, southern France, one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. One time fortress and palace, the papal residence was the seat of Western Christianity during the 14th century. Six papal conclaves were held in the Palais, leading to the elections of Benedict XII in 1334, Clement VI in 1342, Innocent VI in 1352, Urban V in 1362, Gregory XI in 1370 and Antipope Benedict XIII in 1394.