Day Fourteen: Wednesday, Oct. 1st, 2008
We left Arles with our final destination being Roussillon. We stopped for the morning in the hilltop town of Les Beaux. This is a cute little town with winding streets and the remains of a chateau at the top of the town. Fortunately we arrived early and avoided the throngs of people that descended upon the town later in the day.
We roamed around the chateau ruins and took lots of pictures, it was an incredibly clear day, but very windy.
Lunch was a group meal at a terrific restaurant, which I failed to get the name of. We were served a BIG salad and I do mean big. This “salad” included roasted chicken (a huge piece), proscuitto, melon, a whole tomato, and mixed greens. The salad would have been plenty to feed two people but then there was dessert, another molten chocolate cake, since I didn’t get enough from the night before!
After lunch we left Les Beaux and drove to Roussillon to see the ochre cliffs. The colors in this town were simply incredible, so vibrant! We walked through the cliffs and got to see them up close, really breath taking.
We stayed at the cute little Hotel Reves d’Ocres and had a room on the top floor over looking the countryside which offered a great view during sunset. We were on our own for dinner tonight and decided to walk up the hill to the little restaurant call Le Bistrot and we had a light dinner. Mom had a terrific salad with mini ravioli, haricots, and balsamic dressing. I had Le Bistrot tarte, which was a piece of puff pastry with tomato, mozzarella and basil with a little salad it was the perfect light meal. We had a bottle of wine and dessert all for €47.
After dinner we took a leisurely walk back to the hotel and settled in for the night in anticipation for our drive to Nice.
We left Arles with our final destination being Roussillon. We stopped for the morning in the hilltop town of Les Beaux. This is a cute little town with winding streets and the remains of a chateau at the top of the town. Fortunately we arrived early and avoided the throngs of people that descended upon the town later in the day.
We roamed around the chateau ruins and took lots of pictures, it was an incredibly clear day, but very windy.
Lunch was a group meal at a terrific restaurant, which I failed to get the name of. We were served a BIG salad and I do mean big. This “salad” included roasted chicken (a huge piece), proscuitto, melon, a whole tomato, and mixed greens. The salad would have been plenty to feed two people but then there was dessert, another molten chocolate cake, since I didn’t get enough from the night before!After lunch we left Les Beaux and drove to Roussillon to see the ochre cliffs. The colors in this town were simply incredible, so vibrant! We walked through the cliffs and got to see them up close, really breath taking.
We stayed at the cute little Hotel Reves d’Ocres and had a room on the top floor over looking the countryside which offered a great view during sunset. We were on our own for dinner tonight and decided to walk up the hill to the little restaurant call Le Bistrot and we had a light dinner. Mom had a terrific salad with mini ravioli, haricots, and balsamic dressing. I had Le Bistrot tarte, which was a piece of puff pastry with tomato, mozzarella and basil with a little salad it was the perfect light meal. We had a bottle of wine and dessert all for €47.After dinner we took a leisurely walk back to the hotel and settled in for the night in anticipation for our drive to Nice.
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