Buoux 19 December

20161218 192017 Dinner in a cold Hotel Kléber 20161218 192024 more proof that it took a while to warm up 20161219 074532 morning of the 19th - coffee's on 20161219 074539 more coffee on the way
20161219 075210 what could be better? DSCN9024 preparing to departure from Beaucaire 20161219 104200 headed here for a hike DSCN9026 Bonnieux: the French have discovered public toilets!
DSCN9028 complete with urinals! DSCN9029 the vines below Bonnieux DSCN9035 as we leave Bonnieux DSCN9036 What I call an overhang
DSCN9038 Trying to figure out where we are DSCN9039 Stump art DSCN9040 Garrigue DSCN9041 Emerging on the ridge
DSCN9042 It is austere DSCN9043 and windy DSCN9044 Clouds scudding along DSCN9046 Looking along the ridge of the Luberon
DSCN9047 Going down DSCN9048 Thickets below the ridgeline DSCN9049 Discussing projects DSCN9050 it's like this
DSCN9051 and then there's this DSCN9052 but only if you do that DSCN9053 Austere DSCN9055 A trail that went nowhere
DSCN9056 What? DSCN9058 Down the trail DSCN9059 Chugging DSCN9061 Beneath cliffs
DSCN9062 But then the real cliffs appear! DSCN9064 Quite sheer! DSCN9065 If I were a climber this would look like fun! DSCN9067 So many routes!
DSCN9068 Then different cliffs DSCN9069 a book exchange, now very prevalent DSCN9070 We stayed here many years ago (Saumane de Vaucluse) DSCN9072 Some nicely renovated exteriors
DSCN9074 a country estate up the road DSCN9077 we took a similar photo long ago DSCN9079 who lives here? DSCN9080 The road cut below the village
20161219 180853 Back in Beaucaire 20161219 181220 using local ingredients 20161219 183214 Tarte aux tomates 20161219 183318 with cheese
20161219 183417 and squash from our garden 20161219 183424 chunks 20161219 184142 and campari 20161219 184445 finished!
20161219 185746 as if this leek-feta strudel