Hi All,

How are you? Good I do hope! =) Well somehow, (I am not sure how the time went so fast) our 3 weeks are up in France and it's time to get on another plane! =) Meish and Andrew have already headed off to start their Italian Adventure, Mum and Dad head back to Jersey tomorrow and I am flying the long way home to Australia!

The weather has turned back to sunny and warm for us, so the last few days have been spent adventuring and well, eating! haha. I am going to put some photos of below as always! I hope everyone is well and I will blog from Sydney!

Hope alls well,

Lots of love

jess xoxo

Andrew and his "meatzza"...a pizza full of meat

Wine Tasting!

Afternoon drinks...

Terry this photo is, as it contains beer, for you!

All kinds of bread. This makes me very happy.

Meish looking down on Roussillon

Roussillon is known for the hills around it that contain bright orange ochre that they use to paint their houses with!

The Ochre hills

And Again

Outside the Pope's Palace in Avignon

Hi All,

How are you? Good I do hope! So it's been a few days since i last updated so i have lots and lots of photos for you! So I am just going to put up the photos and say a bit about them and be on my way! We had dinner at the bar with the internet and everyone is waiting on me to finish so we can go back home so I'd best get on with it.

I hope everything is well with you all,

lots of love

jess xoxox

ps. i will reply to emails soon, sorry if i owe you one!

Us girls at lunch

The boys and their beers

Trying some wine...

Chateauneuf-du-Pape, the ruin on the top was the pope's summer home. They also happen to make some great red wine!

Trying the sweet product of the vine

Yums!

The Castle at La Barroux, it was built in the 12th Century and during WW2 occupied by the Nazi's who burnt it down when they left. They are half way through restoring it now.

The view from the top of the castle

Yesterday Mum, Dad and I got up early and hiked up the giant hill behind us to see the roman ruins at the top. This is the view from half way up, it was awesome.

We found half a house!

At the top!

Looking out down over the valley from one of the houses we found

The Roman Amphitheater in Vaison La Romaine

This might be one of my favourtie photos from the holiday thus far, they are at the top of the amphitheater

These are very expensive macaroons. Remember kiddies, always ask how much it is before you agree to buy it!!!

Hi Lovelies,

How are you all? Good I do hope! Everyone is good here, Andrew arrived safe and sound today. Chris and Wayne, friends from when we were living in Belgium came to stay for the weekend and left today. It was lovely to see them again after such a long time! =) We just toured around the area, trying some wine and eating more than we should! It's always a good time!

I have included a few photos below, hope alls well

lots of love,

jess xoxox

Spooky tree in our backyard with the morning fog

Dad and Wayne

Mum and Chris

Meishey

Me!

Hi Lovelies,

How are you? Good I do hope! SO I have some more photos to put up for you. We have had a great few days since I last posted, my friend Stacy came to stay with us for a few days. Unfortunately the weather was really yucky while she was here, but it has cleared up again today.

As always, internet time is limited so I shall just pop a few photos for you all below and hop back on my bike and ride back home.

Hope alls well with you all,

lots of love

jess xoxo

View from the castle in the village La Barroux

La Barroux

Wine Tasting =) I know you are all surprised!

Yums! Stacy Meish and I

Julia Child eat your heart out...

One of the local churches on our walk today, I just love the sky in this photo.

Meish and I with our town in the background

This is the view I have from where I am blogging from today!

Hi Everyone,

How are you? Good I do hope! =)

Well I am just on here for a few moments, everything is well here I just thought I would share a few photos of the Markets we went to on Sunday! Each town around here has its own market and we had been to this particular market when we were in France in 2006 so thought we would venture back there this time!

The photos are below, hope alls well with you.

lots of love,

jess xoxo

ps. spell check's in french so it's not much help. Sorry for the mistakes!

Johanna, this photo is for you. =P

Olives!

Keepin the devil away...

Mum just loves the linens you get down here

Lavender freshly picked from the fields down here, smelled so good!

The village

AWWWWW so cute! Henri the piggie!

Hi Everyone!

How are you all? Good I do hope! =) I finally have a minute and some photos to throw up here on the blog for you all. We have been taking it easy the last few days, Dad is slowly getting over his cold and us girls are using the time to work on our tans. It’s a well-earned rest.

We have ventured to a few small towns around the area, Gigondas, Vacuaqures, Sarrians and Velleron yesterday to go to their fruit and vegetable market – it really put the farmer’s market in Westfield to shame! We got lots and lots of fresh produce, and most things were 1 Euro a bucket, 4 eggplants for a euro! Amazing!

We have been eating lots of lovely food, Johanna – if I could send you all this cheese I see around me I so would! You would love it! Meish has been cooking for us most nights, and they are always scrumptious dishes. And of course we have been making a morning pilgrimage to the bakery for croissants and pain au chocolat. Yummmm.

So that’s about it, we have a few adventures planned out, a trip tomorrow to a small island town for their market, a trip to the lavender fields if we can find one that has not yet been harvested, and of course there are a few more vineyards to be visited! So I had best get on with it, we have to come to a bar in town to get internet so the visits are always quick stops on the way somewhere.

Hope alls well with you,
lots of love

jess xoxo

Sunrise over Paris airport

Grapes!

Dad reading out the back of our house

The grapes we picked from the vine growing over our fence

Gigondas

Monkey went for a bath...