Best Trip Ever

This morning I visited the Lourmarin cemetery, just down the road from our apartment. Although the entire cemetery is fascinating, the “star” attraction is Albert Camus, who died in an automobile accident in 1960 and is buried here. As graves go, his is a nice one, covered with lavender, iris, and oleander and [...]

Did I mention that I love Lourmarin?
Yesterday morning I set out to follow our routine from home and go for a walk and meet Frank later for coffee. It’s only about a 10-minute walk into town from here, so I improvised by cutting behind the chateau assuming there had to be a trail across [...]

After reading about both Kevin’s and Kathy and Charley’s hikes in this area, I jumped at the chance to join the inaugural hike of Kevin’s new informal hiking club. What can I say? It was perfect, good walking, good conversation and a nice lunch in the shade of a cliff overlooking the [...]

When I ordered a new copy of the Provence Byways Guidebook to replace our tattered old one from 1999, I noticed that the authors had changed a few of their backroads tours.
Sunday promised to be a beautiful day, so after breakfast on our terrace (did I mention that Les Olivettes delivers a basket with [...]

Kevin “guaranteed” that the sun would return on Saturday, and he was right. About the time we checked into our apartment at Les Olivettes in Lourmarin, the skies cleared and the sunshine returned.
I’m completely pleased with this apartment. The only surprise to me was how fabulous our view is. I can see [...]