Gordes, Saturday

 This is the view of Gordes from just down the lane where we are staying. It is an easy walk into town and wonderful bike riding if you don't mind the climb up the fierce hill on which the little town is perched. We will be here for a week using this as a base to explore St. Remy where Van Gogh committed himself to the care of an asylum and Aix where Cezanne spent the majority of his life.

 Here is the little tower we are camped out in, an old garden folly from the 1800's that has been turned into a guest house. The living room is an old orangery at the base and the mid-section is a bedroom with a little porch.

There is a bath up on the third floor where the arched window and skylight are located. It's a wonderful place with a view across the valley toward Menerbe which looks like a cruise ship at night when its lights come on.

The place comes with a little pool and its own garden lined with olive trees. 

Salads and Orangina on the little veranda.