Day16 Les Baux

We travelled a short distance today from our B&B to Les Baux, to France,s most famous chateau. It really captures the French country side from the top looking out of some of the limestone caves. The French are more reserved in this area and ther is language barrier as well.

Then onto St. Remy de Provence. Beautiful Town , and I must say my favorite french Town so far, although Spring will  lend itself more to the magnificnet colors that happen in France, were not quite there yet, with the blooming of Lavender, and there gorgeous sycamore trees that one can only imangine. Glad were going to Paris in the Spring to see the brilliant colors.

 

Before getting to St. Remy we stopped at Van Goghs "spa" St. Paul de Mausole  that he stayed at for a while, another name during these times was insane aslyum.  He suffered from depression amongst other things, and this is where he would look out froim his room and paint some of his most famous paintings in the gorgeous gardens there, as well as the country side.

Borys and I were wondering what the prerequisite was for staying there was, for it is most beautiful.

We saw his room where he painted from, which left you with kind of a little piece of the feeling of this most amazing artist. Natalia and Addison have enjoyed learning about him form our host who is quite the history buff on Van Gogh amongst other artists.

They have learned the names of a lot of his paintings, which is really neat.

In St. Remy we stopped at the birth place of Nostradamous. Some great history today.............