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morvegil Oct 31st, 2017 08:10 AM

Provence Trip Report
 
First, thanks to Stewy for his guide.

My brief overview of our trip. Album will be posted at the end for those seeking photos.
Flew into CDG, took TGV to Avignon TGV outside the city. Rented car.
Drove 20 minutes to St.Remy. Easy to park there. AIRBNB had a code to get into the house. Very easy.
We stayed in the city centre of St.Remy. We spend Saturday to following Sunday. SO like 8 days.
Places visited:
Les Baux
Aix
Cassis
Bandol
Chateau Neuf Du pape
Arles
Pont du gard
Gorges of Verdun
Marseille
Various Wineries and olive oil shops
Carpentras
l'isle Sorgue
Seguret
Rasteau
Carianne
Gigondas
St.Tropez
Baume (Mary Magdalena tomb)
Vacqueryras
Lots of other Cote du Rhone villages.
Part 2:
We drove to Lyon for lunch and a walk around.
WE then arrived in Beaune.
We stay at a small winery AirBNB. Very cool. Spent 2 nights and a day in Beaune. Did the catacombs, a castle and some wine tasting.
Part 3:
AirBNB in StGermaine area of Paris. Also did Versailles this time around. Plus the usual bucket list (My 3rd time in Paris, still havent done it all)
Picture album.
pix.sfly.com/QnpjGG97

morvegil Oct 31st, 2017 08:14 AM

Sorry meant Stu

kerouac Oct 31st, 2017 09:11 AM

That's a hell of a lot to cover in 8 days. Congratulations!

TPAYT Oct 31st, 2017 09:24 AM

You must have spent a lot of time in the car but I’ll bet you got some gorgeous photos. I’ll be watching for them.

yestravel Oct 31st, 2017 09:55 AM

Nice photos! You sure covered a lot in your time away.

StCirq Oct 31st, 2017 10:46 AM

Boy, busy trip! Thanks for the photos.

Odd, though. I saw Mary Magdalene's tomb in Ephesus, Turkey. Did they break her up?

dugi_otok Oct 31st, 2017 11:40 AM

StCirq

You have the wrong Mary buried in Ephesus


http://www.ephesustravelguide.com/ho...rgin-mary.html

Debbielynn Oct 31st, 2017 03:18 PM

Beautiful pictures. Are they tagged with their locations? Is there a way to sign on and see them more closely?

geetika Nov 1st, 2017 02:06 AM

We're going to be doing something very similar next June, 12 days in Provence and a week in Bourgogne near Autun, we also plan on taking the TGV from and to CDG.

How long did it take you to get to the train station from the time you disembarked, am trying to figure out which train to book. Though of course there's still several months to go, haven't yet booked my air tickets, but I know our flight gets in around 7am.

The pictures are lovely and so typical of provincial France, thanks:)

StCirq Nov 1st, 2017 08:40 AM

Ooops! Too many Marys.

morvegil Nov 16th, 2017 08:52 AM

Thanks.

The train left CDG at 1:45PM and we arrived in Avignon TGV about 5:15pm. It was a very nice change from the airplane. We got first class tickets in huge seats. Also theres a "bar Car" to go and have drinks.

For the images I think you can download them and view them in a big format. Theres a down arrow to do that. Some should be GeoTagged in their EXIF data. Standard photo programs should show the GPS info.

Paqngo Nov 16th, 2017 11:40 AM

Your photos are beautiful. Bookmarking for 2019.

geetika Nov 17th, 2017 02:03 AM

Thanks morvegil, bookmarking this thread for next year:)

Gundy Jun 23rd, 2018 06:03 AM

Really lovely photos! Did you find St. Remy a convenient place to base yourselves out of?

TDudette Jun 23rd, 2018 06:31 AM

My goodness you saw so much. I had fun trying to match places with your wonderful pix--only one I got right immediately was van Gogh cafe!

gooster Jun 23rd, 2018 11:45 AM

Such great photos, thanks for sharing your trip. The colors are so vibrant and the lighting and framing just great.


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