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Night BEFORE market day: we just finished eating by the river
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| Night BEFORE market day: Lynn in front of river and beautiful crescent moon |
This is Sunday, and that means the BIG market day in Isle sur la Sorgue. The town is literally taken over by the market: vendor stalls, trucks, and supplies are everywhere, up and down almost every street in the old town, so you cannot walk anywhere without encountering shoppers, vendors, or big crowds. You can buy ANYTHING: food, clothes, soap, oil, and on the Sunday market all kinds of antiques and junk. It’s a madness that ends promptly at noon, so everyone comes early and buys fast. We bought some fantastic fresh peaches, cheese (beaufort!), melon and bananas (without Chiquita labels), so lunch was a treat. No Cokes today, we used the wonderful white wine our landlords gave us as a welcoming present. By the time we finished lunch at our apartment, the market was shutting down.
After lunch and relaxing from marketing, I tackled reassembling my bicycle. Lynn took some pics from our 3rd floor apartment, reminiscent of the same pics she took 3 years ago from our Dinan, FR apartment. The bike is ready and so am I: tomorrow I’ll figure how to get out off this town and into the countryside, with ultimate destination being the nearby spring which is the source of the Sorgue River. Anyhow, after the bike was all set to go, we crashed for a nap…hey, it’s vacation!
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| River Sorgue on one side of town...it flows EVERYWHERE, around and through town |
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| Lynn with one of the town's waterwheels |
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| Can't get more French Market-looking than this, huh? |
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| Bike case opened, nothing damaged in transit |
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| 1 hour later, voila! Assembled ready-to-ride bike, with first trip set tomorrow. |
We strolled the town about 8:00pm for dinner, and found a riverfront place for a pizza and salad. Lynn got to have some long conversations in French with a Belgian couple who sat near us. She’s happy folks here haven’t immediately pegged us for Americans, so has been able to practice French with a variety of people. Good trip so far!
LINK TO all the photos we took so far, if you'd like to see more stuff:
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