Saturday, July 6, 2013

A Quiet Day


After our day at le Tour, Peter and I had to regroup.

Then dinner in the square, with an over-enthusiastic singer/dancer with aspirations beyond his abilities. Still, un litre de cidre helped.

Breakfast Friday morning, and the best pain au raisin we've found so far.

In some Roman ruins on the outskirts of St Remy
 

Then a long walk through the surrounding countryside following van Gogh's footsteps and looking at examples of his works. He spent some time in the assylum here in St Remy, and was allowed to wander the countryside, painting. In 1889, he produced over 300 paintings, many of them irises.

The assyluim was built in the Toorak/Vauclause area of St Remy. Very swish.
 

Autumn is coming!
 
 

Back to town, and we managed to distract Anne from this shop.

These are called Nostradamus biscuits. I make no prediction of their effect on our systems!

Ice cream in rue Carnot after dinner
I can't help feeling that the pig might put this guy off his tucker.


Our street

Our street.

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5 comments:

  1. Peter and Paul must have been in deep thought like the great computer,

    Good old Vincent he did paint nice sorry he was nuts.

    Anne go back to the elephants,they can't stop you.

    I should like to see many more shots of the street, preferably in the dark

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  3. What, no new pictures today. Having a day off are we? No pictures of the streets in the dark either. Hop too. We want pictures.

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  4. Yeah man, pictures. I'm feeling too relaxed. I suspect you are at Val's that always makes me super cranky.

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  5. More importantly, is that pig sitting on the man's lap? What kind of morally bankrupt country are you visiting? This is exactly what Cory Bernadi was talking about.

    Also, don't forget my mos successful joke ever:

    Q: What did Mike Tyson say to Vincent Van Gogh?

    A: Are you going to eat that?

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