How Time Flies etc.....

What perfect weather we have been having.
We were visited by the Mistral, a wild wind that often follows a very hot spell..it kind of cools the atmosphere but nearly blows you across the field!!  The locals know it is coming before the weatherman!!  It is in their bones.. So the temperature now is   around   25C and cool at night.  The crowds are low too,so it is all very relaxing.
Speaking of bones,this dry climate sure makes these old knees feel much better!!

We went up to Goult yesterday(cafe picture) an  obscure little village  in the north Luberon.  Once you have been there you will go  back..narrow winding streets,  which abound with beautiful ancient architecture and  a windmill at the summit of the village.  It has one of the most authentic cafes in the area.

This was kind of funny and I didn't get a picture..darn. As we got out of the car in the parking across from the cafe, a very regal lady with snow white hair pulled back in an elegant bun, nicely dressed and bejewelled,  and carrying a bucket and all the accoutrements to clean your windshield, asked if we would like it "freshened up".  I was shocked ..surprised perhaps better..and said no thank you and she graciously wished us a good day and went off to have a cigarette on the bench. We later saw her chatting away to one and all and looking as if she had a luncheon appointment at the Chateau up the hill!!  Goults answer to our Squeegee Kids at home. Could you just see that at the mall!!

Today we visited another favorite, Ile Sur La Sorgue. This is a town  built on several islands fed by the Sorgue river which mystically exits a mountain side 10 km. away.  More on this later after the weekly Sunday  market , including a huge antique market  taking over the whole town. This weekly event attracts  buyers from all over France and  America.  As you might expect, everything is overpriced and the dealers are very cranky!! 
It is pleasant to explore it on a quieter day. We had a crepe  lunch and then headed home for a swim and a quiet couple of hours on the  new  deck overlooking the  Petit Luberon Mountain and the vineyards.

Firstly tomorrow though, I have to bite the bullet and go and see the local doc as that finger cellulitis has not cleared up and sadly, while on the current antibiotic, I CAN'T IMBIBE THE ELIXIR  OF THE COUNTRY!! This will never do.