Provence

European Union and French Flags

Best Western Marseille Airport, Vittrolles, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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River Scene

Our first stop after Marseille.

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Lunch Restaurant

Nice, relaxing lunch beside the river.

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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River Scene

The town has the river and many canals.

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Street

I enjoy photographing the narrow streets.

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Door

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Cat in Window

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Street

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Boat

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Narrow Home

This home can't be more than 10 feet wide.

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Flowers

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Flowers

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River Bridge

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Street

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Market Produce

Small, local market, this mostly fruit.

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Market Produce

Mostly vegetables.

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Cafe

Sidewalk cafes are very common.

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Notre Dame des Anges

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Door

Notre Dame des Anges, Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Street

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Canal

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Chapelle Penitents Bleus

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Shop

Straw & fabric items.

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River Scene

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Water Wheel

The town used to have many of these powering mills.

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Water Wheel

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Apartments

Or tall, narrow homes.

Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Cicada

Lyristes plebejus - we heard the sound of these insects every day.

Best Western Domaine de la Petite Isle, Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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River Scene

Best Western Domaine de la Petite Isle, Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Pool & Restaurant

Best Western Domaine de la Petite Isle, Isle Sur la Sorgue, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Lavender

Our first lavender photo location.

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Lavender

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Lavender

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Lavender & View

Many fields of lavender.

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Lavender & Sunflowers

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Sunflower

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Lavender Harvester

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Lavender

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Sunflowers

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Wheat Seed Head

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Lavender through Ruins

Sunburst too.

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Stone Ruins

Lots of weeds in this lavender field.

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Tailgate Dinner

Patrice went to the store for food and wine for our sunset dinner at the photo location.

Plateau of Valensole, Provence, France, July 10, 2017

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Gordes

An interesting, old, frequently photographed hill top city.

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Lavender

Notre-Dame de Senanque Abbey, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros - male.

Notre-Dame de Senanque Abbey, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Cathedral

Very plain, but acoustically nice.

Notre-Dame de Senanque Abbey, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Cathedral

Notre-Dame de Senanque Abbey, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Spices

We visited on market day with many vendors set up to sell.

Gordes Market, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Sausages

The samples tasted very good.

Gordes Market, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Produce

Heirloom tomatoes I believe.

Gordes Market, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Berries

Gordes Market, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Street

Gordes, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Luberon Plain

Gordes, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Street

Built on a hilltop, all the homes are down these narrow streets, more like paths.

Gordes, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Park

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Park

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Park

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Olive Tree

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Park

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Tree & Lavender

Plateau of Sault, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Lichens

Plateau of Sault, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Pizzamobile

Our group ordering pizza to be picked up later for sunset photo dinner.

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Lavender Fields

Numerous fields of lavender below the city.

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Aurel

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Lavender

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Lavender

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Tree & Lavender

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Dwarf Elder

Sambucus ebulus - I liked the symmetry of this new plant, just starting to develop the blooms.

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Rose Chafer & Carpenter Bee on Dwarf Elder

Cetonia aurata (beetle) & Vespa germanica

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Zoom Blurred Lavender

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Bories

Old, stacked stone shepherd shelters.

Plateau of Sault, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Yellow Star-thistle

Centaurea solsistalis

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Borie

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Sunset View

While eating pizza and drinking wine.

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Unknown

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Seed Head

Probably the seed head of the previous photo.

Plateau of Sault, Provence, France, July 11, 2017

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Unknown

I think this is also the same flower as the two previous, just fresher.

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Roussillon

Built on an ochre-colored hilltop.

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Bell Tower

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Window

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Building

We arrived for a sunrise photo and only the street sweeper was seen.

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Window & Reflection

Bell Tower reflected in the window glass.

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Ivy-leaved Toadflax

Cymbalaria muralis - hardy plant growing on a wall.

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169 year old Grape Vine

The sign tells the age of the vine and also asks not to pick the grapes.

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Bell Tower

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Grape Vine Window

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Door

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Eglise St. Michel

Cathedral of the church.

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View

Some of the ochre-colored cliffs are in the photo.

Roussillon, Provence, France, July 12, 2017

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Street

The moon is visible between the buildings.

Roussillon, Provence, France, July 12, 2017

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Petunias

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Ochre Cliff

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River

Springs feed this river.

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, Provence, France, July 12, 2017

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Fortress

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Big Spring

The plateau 750 feet above is the source of the springs, flowing less during this dry time of year.

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Spring

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Springs

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Debbie, Hat Shop

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Group

A nice restaurant across the Rhone from the Palais de Papes.

Le Bercail Restaurant, Rhone River, Avignon, Provence, France, July 12, 2017

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Pont Saint-Benezet & Palais de Papes

Slow shutter to "blur" the river.

Rhone River, Avignon, Provence, France, July 12, 2017

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Palais de Papes

Blue light photo.

Rhone River, Avignon, Provence, France, July 12, 2017

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Pont Saint-Benezet & Palais de Papes

Blue light occurs 30 to 60 minutes after sunset.

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Homes

Sunrise photos on our last morning in Provence.

Gordes, Provence, France, July 13, 2017

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Homes

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