Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Les Baux de Provence

Getting an early start to the day, we went to les Baux de Provence, a small city perched on the top of a mountain with the castle carved out of the rock. This is a very small city (the only public parking available was on the way up the mountain), but the view from the top was great. We got to see a really big catapult in action, and were almost blown off the top of the tower (still so windy!).

Arles was the next destination, but we were so pooped that we caught a glimpse of the amphitheatre, and decided not to pay the admission fee and went for a late lunch instead. Came back to the B&B, then unfortunately fell asleep for 4hours and missed the small dinner window (~7pm-9pm), so for the second night in a row, we had pizza. Eh. We missed our chance for a fancy final french dinner. I suppose our waist lines will thank us for that!

Hours of walking: 4
Les Baux in the distance
A look back at the castle
Big catapult!
More of the castle (those are pigeon holes)
Treacherous steps!
One of the views from the top
Christina's favorite flowers...
Amphiteatre in Arles

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