Where we are... Today!

... A French wine festival. :-) Today we woke up by a small river, it was very nice and probably the best nights sleep we have had in ages. Consequently we overslept. Even so we managed to roll on into Buis-Les-Baronnies by midday. We stocked up on groceries which we then failed to consume when we saw a quaint and quintessential French creperie. Yum. Buis was a lovely village, with a dramatic and rocky backdrop courtesy of the drome de provence region. After this pleasant pause we headed straight for Cairanne to their 38th annual wine festival. Now some of you out there might think this part of the proceedings would be a bit of a jolly. But no! Wine is serious in these parts and much time was spent tasting, considering and writing comparative notes such as, "NICE!" and "mMy mum would like this." The village feast and jazz band is about to start, so we will stop using the handy touris office's wifi and get back to the cheese and wine.

Incoming! Lavender! Run!!!

Hello everyone, just a quick update. We are Still in Provence, France. Loving the markets, the wine, the weather and the laven... Wait, we haven't found any lavender yet. This needs to be sorted quick!

It has been an eventful few days. We had a fantastic time on the beaches of pampelonne, near st tropez, and could hardly drag ourselves away. Campsite of 'les eucalyptus' highly recommended. Eventually we headed to carpentras, where we had a NIGHT IN A HOTEL!!! as there was no site, so that we could go to the Friday morning market. That market was massive and a sight to behold, and I think we don't need any more markets for a while!

Today it's roman ruins at vaison-la-romaine, and then we are driving the lavender fields trail. Tomorrow we have tickets to a local wine festival complete with banquet dinner and jazz, in cairanne. After that, well... who knows?!

Apart from a few frustrations with lack of wifi, and stuff breaking, and stuff being sold out, all is very well. We are tanned and a little hungover (Sarah's turn today!) so the hol must be going successfully. Photos to follow soon or whenever we next get a connection.

S&A x

Very quick update from... St Tropez

Hello one and all. Please forgive us for the radio silence. It seems as though all WiFi connections across Europe have been broken during the past week. Especially those at the various campsites we have visited.

We are currently at St Tropez! more beautiful sunshine and wonderful beaches. All is well. Here is a picture of one of our previous campsites in Provence. It had a pool as you can see, Sarah loved it.

Ciao for now.