Topic: Photos
No entries here today...
I'm off to Carlsbad, just north of San Diego - Rhett is turning five and there's a party. But for those who find this site, here's a pretty picture...
This is a side street in a village in Provence, Lourmarin, where Albert Camus retired - he took his Nobel Prize money and bought a place here, saying it was the most beautiful village in France. He was buried here, in the cemetery a bit to the southwest of the village. As I recall, this particular village is a bit north of Aix and a bit east of Avignon.
And the photo here has not been retouched. Those are the actual colors... This is from June 2000 on a very hot afternoon - after lunch in Aix on Cours Mirabeau a meandering drive north through the countryside....
In this modern world of course Lourmarin actually has a website - http://www.lourmarin.com/ - with music, and you can toggle between French, English and German... ? Lourmarin en Provence est class? parmi les plus beaux villages de France. Situ? dans le Parc Naturel du Luberon, le village de ... ?
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Posted by Alan at 08:18 PST
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