Here we are on November 19th, our Olives having already been picked , we had the time free to go walking in the warm Autumn sunshine.
My sister Gillian is a regular visitor and helper!
Marion, who works with my sister and her husband Kevin, have stayed in Le Chene, Les Cypres and our gites and now come for Olive picking in November.
After a 10 kilometre walk to Travignon, a deserted village we deserved our beer!
And so after a year full of clients and friends visiting we take a break to Egypt for a nile cruise.
This is something Karen had wanted to do as part of her 'special' birthday year celebrations.
We started in Cairo, which despite the problems was an amazing city and of course first visit was to the Pyramids.
The scenery is quite mind blowing!
Our home for the week cruising the Nile, the Amber.
We travelled with Bales who we cannot recommend strongly enough!
One of the many temples we visited.
At Luxor Temple
Hot air ballooning over the Valley of the Kings
Incredible views.
Another temple!
It was a seriously good trip and one we would really recommend.
We were back in Provence for Christmas, Martin was here, the weather was perfect, we even played boules on Christmas day!
I recall I won!
We visited Marseille , again another sunny day, December 27th!
The Christmas markets were full of stalls selling the very popular Santons, enabling you to create your own Nativity scene
Meanwhile at home we have been enjoying amazing sun rises
and equally breathtaking sun rise!
Best of all lunch out side in December.
So if you are looking to escape a cloudy UK or Northern Europe why not spend winter in Provence
arguably even better than summer!
Blue skies, warm sunshine, peace and quiet.Bliss.
We wish you a happy new Year .
No comments:
Post a Comment