We drove in early August for the blooming lavender! We missed us, said that on August 2, you will not find lavender already, but we hoped! Why did you go to Avignon, and not in the ex-en-provence? It turns out that Avignon's lavender fields go closer! Especially before those that have not yet been filmed as of August 02.
And I will tell you, it is worth it! Despite the hell of the heat!. We were on the hottest month of summer, the temperature on the street in the shade of about forty, and in the sun ... but, how it's all beautiful! Be sure to take the car if you have rights! Make yourself under Avignon, or on the other side of the river, where cheaper accommodation, but be sure to take all olive villages. Fonten-de Marka, Moustie Saint-Marie, Gord, where they filmed "good year"! There is even the name "delicious"!
And how beautiful here! Mountains, Rivers, Nature, endless Cracked Cycad ... I will remember it for life!
And how it smells everything! How many fields you did not drive, want to stop and take pictures on the new. Lilac canvas, bright sun, blue sky, murmuring French .. mmmm!
But it conquers and amazes not only the lavender, not only a vitality of the coolness of the mountains and streams of villages, in the heart, as Avignon himself is included in the heart! Former refuge of dad. From the 12th century to the throne in the Vatican, all the dads lived in Avignon and fired their huge possessions. The power of the Papal Palace needs to be seen! Dimensions, decoration, how could this all be built in the 12th century with such small capabilities?
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