We went to Fontaine de Vaucluse to see the paper museum with Uncle Terry and Aunty Jean. I really enjoyed it because of the paper machine which was powered by the stream outside. There was a hallway which went from the paper museum out off the museum. The whole group was happy that afternoon because we went to Isle sur la Sorgue to get an ice-cream from Isabella's ice-cream shop. The line at Isabella was huge and that was only to buy a normal ice-cream! The line to get a seat for a big ice-cream was even bigger so we went next door and bought an ice-cream excactly the same as the ice-creams next door!
Dad, Uncle Terry, Aunty Jean and I went to the Camargue again because they had said that they wanted to go there with us.
On the way there we stopped at St Remy de Provence and dropped Uncle Terry and Aunty Jean off at the markets to look around while Dad and I drove two minutes to Glanum archaeological site. These are ruins of an old town from the sixth century! It was buried under two meters of dirt before they dug around columns coming out of the ground and found a village, three hundred metres long! There were numerous baths with Roman and Gaulish coins in them as offerings to Glan, God of healing. There was a big gate halfway in the town which divided the poorer people and the richer people. I was amazed at how hygienic the town was! There was a fresh water stream under the path and a sewerage stream too! There were stairs which led up a hill to higher levels of terraces. Their food was a lot like ours now! They had bread, cheese, milk and meat from various livestock and water from a fresh stream near them. Vincent van Gogh stayed in St Remy de Provence and after in a mental asylum overlooking the ruins, though back then they weren't dug up.
Uncle Terry and Aunty Jean really enjoyed the bird sanctuary and St Maries de la Mer. Last time we went there we were allowed to climb on the roof of the local church but Dad had read in the newspaper that the church minister had won the court case against the mayor, to stop people doing it. When we arrived we were surprised to see people still on the roof! The beach was perfect so we had a stroll along the promenade before we headed home.
The day that Uncle Terry and Aunty Jean left was the day that Jack and Georgia arrived! The second they arrived, I took off with Jack and showed him around town for a bit before we drove to Vito's restaurant. Pascal and his family and Lugdivine and her family were there too, so we played with their children.
We only had one full day together with Jack and Georgia, so we woke up early and jumped into the activities for the day. Us children first walked to the lake and swum. We jumped off a small pont and we sun baked for an hour before the parents arrived and took us home.
After lunch we drove to the Ventoux Adventure Park near the lake. It was fantastic! We put on harnesses and we climbed around. My favourite part was the numerous flying foxes and the thick cables that we had to walk along! There were five parts with different difficulty levels and I did the hardest one! From the lake you can see a big banner that advertises the park and I climbed onto the under side of it.
I loved the evening because there was a fete on in Mormoiron so we walked into town to have some fun! There was a booth were you shot at balloons and the prizes were air guns! I won a pistol and a packet of pellets.
We woke up early the next morning to say goodbye to our friends because they were driving down to Barcelona to get on a three week cruise! Sounds great, doesn't it?
That's all for next week, see you next time!
Au Revoir!
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