Day 11 - Blogabond

To Les Baux we go. This is an amazingly beautiful citadel that sits on a plateau seemingly on top of the world. The views of the surrounding fields and vineyards go on to the Mediterranean Sea. The citadel itself is in ruins, but there is a very good audio guide to explain what life may have been like back in the hey day. The number one attraction though, at least according to Mark, is the working catapult. Sergeant Mark, as he was dubbed, was drafted to give orders to the men to prepare and fire the catapult. Luckily the ammunition was a large water balloon instead of smelly dead animals.

The village was full of places to get all those one of a kind Provence items. There were cicadas of wood, glass, stone, pottery, and every other thing you can think of. Everywhere you go in Provence you are followed by the sound of cicadas, or heat bugs as we used to call them. It is actually a very nice sound.

On our was back from Les Baux we stopped at a beautiful wine cellar that was a huge cave cut into the mountainside. The wine was awe full! Just goes to show you it’s not the digs or the bottling that make the wine, or does that saying apply to people, I get confused???

Our Chef from the cooking school, Jean Claude, directed us to a beautiful Michelin rated restaurant, La Maison Domaine de Bournissac, which had an incredible view of the surrounding countryside. We opted for the 7 course chef’s dinner which was fabulous. Highlights were the caramelized foies gras, the short ribs, and the tomato course with no fewer then 5 tomato based appetizers. When dinner was complete we were not only fuller and fatter, but Suzy was a year older. A wonderful birthday celebration.
SKC and PC

written by

pscossette on June 28, 2007 from Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France

from the travel blog: The Cossette Family Sabbatical

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