Scenery in La Fare and Suzette

When the sun is out and the air warm it's the perfect time to take a short drive around the area and one day we decided to drive up near the Dentelles de Montmirail and see some of the little villages up there.

 Can you see the tiny car in the vineyard?

This is the perfect time actually to be there when the day is warm because there are no tourists yet; only the hikers who go along the many trails through the hills and the vineyards and also a few intrepid cyclists.

This little village is called La Fare and the streets were empty except for a cat who walked past us. We had a salad of chèvre chaud at the little bistro (only place in town)

and then walked along the streets and admired the views.

There were strongly scented wisteria blossoms hanging off this wall and we could hear low conversation in the garden.

The tiny church is built over this rock jutting out onto the street.

 I am sitting just above that rock in this photo. The Dentelles are back behind me.

This is looking out into the other direction. Over the hill behind JC is Beaumes de Venise and then Carpentras.

I liked the lavender of the shutters in the distance.

Back to the town fountain and to our waiting car.

We continued up to Suzette and waited on the road while a huge tractor was being turned so it could go up a narrow road with a sharp turn.

Suzette is even smaller and higher up.

The church is ancient and the view down to the valley and road below is quite dizzying.

That is Mont Ventoux in the arc...already all the snow is gone and what is left now is calcaire stone.

I could see lots of these irises blooming everywhere...

and looking up into the trees you can see the baby leaves have started to really get bigger...my favorite shade of green actually!

We got back to Carpentras and as we drove through town past the gare we saw the new trains waiting. Train service between Carpentras and Avignon began April 25th so now you can take the TGV from Paris to Avignon and then connect to Carpentras. JC and I are going to give it a try sometime this week.

A bientôt!!

that looks like it might be snow.