A Week in Provence

We’ve just finished up a relaxing week in Cotignac, a small village in the Provence region of France. A big thank you to Bill’s cousin Heather for allowing us the use of her beautiful home there!

The kids loved having a yard to explore, after our long stretch of apartment living. We played many matches of boules, where you roll heavy metal balls at a smaller target. There was a beautiful covered patio where we enjoyed many a meal of treats from the market…olives, tapenade, fresh bread and cheese, and occasionally some local wines.

We did venture out a few times to explore the town and the surrounding area . . Cotignac is a quaint, quiet town built beside cliffs of porous stone which are riddled with caves, some of which were once used as homes. Things were pretty quiet while we were there. We often felt like ours were the only children in the town, as the other visitors were generally older couples, and all the local kids were in school.

The surrounding countryside has numerous vineyards. We often felt like we were back in the Napa Valley of California. An hour or so north is Lac De Sainte Croix, a gorgeous emerald blue with a deep canyon at one end. We explored the canyon via paddleboat.

We wish we had allotted more time for our visit, as there was so much more we could have seen and done. Now we know to have it on our list of places to visit again.

We are now in Croatia, after a long travel day yesterday. We’ll be here for almost 2 weeks. So far, we are loving it!