After Spain, we traveled to Provence where we spent two HOT but glorious weeks. We just returned this past weekend to the States and I am already missing Europe so much. It was a wonderful trip and I am already planning next year’s summers’ adventures. We didn’t do much, but it was all simple and easy, and I loved it all. Here is a look at what we did.
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The view from my window. We were located in the village and had access to everything right there. We could go to the gelato store in 1 minute and 30 seconds, and same with the bakery. Which of course, what we did twice a day….
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Provence chic. And yes, we watched lots of tv shows, hey it’s SUMMER.
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France was having a major heat wave for the two weeks and it was HOT, HOT, HOT. But I was still able to do my morning runs. So many colors and vineyards — and bikers.
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We went to the little market every day to get something — a lemon, or a yogurt — just something to do.
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We swam a lot, and also played badminton a lot. As Tusia had no friends or no sibling (Cruzzie wasn’t able to join us — long story about his camp situation and how everything in life is constantly changing) — I had to play a lot in the water. Not my forte.
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Our house that we rented.
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Badminton and the sunset. The sun didn’t set until 930 and it was beautiful every single night.
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We also went on adventures and toured castles and churches and other villages — but it was HOT.
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The sunflower fields were my favorite to look at when I would see them on my long runs (I managed to do a 18 miler and a 17 miler when I was there — and these were down from the village on a bike path.
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We became friends with the old lady at the gelato store and her grandson who worked there. They made the gelato in house and it was ridiculously tasty.
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Nana joined us for our nightly gelato run.
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More badnminton.
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AND MORE badminton.
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Tusia and the sunset in the village.
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We gave out homemade lemonade to the confused french, not once but two times.
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Carriere de Lumiere — a major highlight.
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Exploring a nearby village. And a fight with my parents — heat made everything a little more emotional.
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LOTS AND LOTS OF POOL time in 95 plus degree weather.
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And now we are in Oregon for the remainder of the summer — same type of routine, but different. Super jetlagged right now and falling asleep by mid afternoon and awake in the middle of the night….but hopefully soon I will be recovered. In the meantime, Happy End of July!!!!! GASP SOB.