This morning after a refreshing sleep and sorting ourselves out a little we explored our town. We did a bit of a loop around the main streets and ended up walking up the hill to the chateau ruins and chapel. The chapel dates back to 1056 and is still used today, mainly for concerts. The view from the top is breathtaking and the sound from the town church of singing and bells (it being Sunday) added to the atmosphere. After nearly giving the kids heatstroke after forgetting their water bottles we headed to a local bar for an apertif before heading home for baguette and brie (the lunch tradition lives on in Provence). The plan after lunch was for Neil to take the kids to the pool and I explore some more, however while finding out the opening hours we discovered our local pool has a bizarre French rule of no bermuda-style swimming shorts (if anyone knows why please tell us). So tomorrow we are off shopping tomorrow for a lovely budgie smuggler for Neil. Instead I left Neil and the kids trying to keep cool in the house and went and explored a lavender museum in a nearby town. It was quite interesting, with the only disappointment being that it wasn't in a lavender field. In two days there is a lavender fete in a local town that we will attend and I hope I have not missed harvest and can see the wonderful sights of purple fields. At least now I am more informed by the process.
Now it is evening I am writing this while watching the sun sets over the beautiful countryside and listening to the town folk going about their casual evening village life. I think tomorrow I might go and check out the local real estate office.
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