1. FIRST POST, PRE-TRIP

Mont Ventoux, visible all over Provence. We WILL go to the top this trip! 

We are finishing our plans, and packing for our trip to Provence in the south of France, beginning August 28, 2014. Part of the plan is setting up this blog page, for anyone who is interested in our trip. Let's see if I can remember how to post a picture...

Itinerary is pretty simple: fly into Nice, FR, rent a car and drive to Aix-en-Provence for the first night, then on to our apartment rental in  L'Isle-Sur-la-Sorgue the next day. We will stay in that town for three weeks, and explore all over Provence by foot, car, train, bus, and bicycle. No firm plans or schedules. I WILL ride my bike up the "Giant of Provence": Mont Ventoux, a famous grueling mountain climb often used in the Tour de France. There are hundreds of miles of other fantastic cycling opportunities in this region, so I can't wait to check them out. Lynn is excited that we are staying in the antiques capital of France, and that she kind of knows this area already. She spent a whole summer in Aix about 20 years ago, studying with a college group. That background should give us some good ideas for exploring once we get situated in L'Isle-Sur-la-Sorgue.  The most fun part of traveling for us is to just show up, and see what happens. We'll let you know how this works out!

P.S. See the tower at the tip-top of the mountain at the top of the page? That's the top of Mt. Ventoux!