Pleasant Surprises in Provence
Are we in Heaven? The Sunday Mass at Sénanque Abbeye felt like it. This was just one of the pleasant surprises in our weekend in Provence.
We decided to visit Provence after completing the Camino de Santiago. Driving from Oviedo, Spain to Lourdes to Turin brought us through this famous region of France, and once the phrase “weekend in Provence” was uttered, the plan was locked in.
Our plan was to take a relaxing weekend of rest in a Provence farmhouse, and it turned into everything we expected and more.
Warm Welcome
The drive from Lourdes was pretty epic. Lunch in Toulouse, a rest stop at Avignon, and a quick pass through Marseille, had us rolling into the Mas de Karlotte in the late afternoon on Saturday. We were warmly welcomed by our hostess and invited to join their family and friends for dinner.
Dinner was awesome. So awesome that we never got around to taking photos. Pizza, in a homemade brick oven, was on the menu. Even though very little English was spoken, I enjoyed listening to Laura converse in French and laughed along with everyone. Our hosts told Laura about the Sénanque Abbeye during dinner.
Another warm welcome, for me, someone who loves fly fishing, came the next day at lunch. We were sitting next to this clear flowing river, channeled through town, and a Grayling was feeding on mayflies.
Laura's Log
Jumping Fish
John enjoyed watching the Grayling fish swimming up close and saw one or two catch a newly hatched Mayfly! On returning to the car, we even spied two fly fishermen in waders…