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Bonjour mes amis
Well we have been having a lovely time at Karen and Steves villa, I have had a couple of days sunbathing and we have been exploring the local scenery. Provence, and this particular area are really beautiful. We are in the Verdon National Park, which has a big lake and a long and deep gorge - I had thought we would go here for a walk on Monday but the gorge has water in it !! However, you can kayak or pedalo the gorge which we would have loved to do however it was pretty cold at this part of the park with snow still on the roads and mountains at the top of the gorge.
Yesterday we drove to Aix-en-Provence which is a big student town, famous because the artist Paul Cezanne lived here. We looked around 2 art galleries and although we weren't overly impressed with Cezannes work, they did have a lot of Picasso's work which was very 'curious' to look at - his pictures are most amusing with odd faces and upside down features.
Today we went to Aups, we didn't know that it was 'carneval' day but it was lovely to see a long procession of children through the town in fancy dress of all types and everyone throwing confetti at them.
We have had the sudden opportunity of another house sit, back on the France / Monaco border so we will move back there on Friday. It's only for 5 days but will give us a chance to explore Nice and the surrounding coastline and we will then head across the South Coast to Spain.
Love to you all
xxx
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