Valréas

One afternoon, I left the boys to their own devices while I walked into Valréas to take a look at the old city centre. Compared to some of the places we have visited, it is not as pretty and charming, but there were a few highlights. The church below is L'Église Notre-Dame de Nazareth. It is perched at the top of the hill in the centre of Valréas.

Right beside the church was this beautiful floral bush. What was remarkable was the sound of humming bees. There were at least 75-100 huge, back bees feeding from the floral centres. If you look carefully, you can see one in the middle of the photo.

Every old village has beautiful old stone homes, with rod iron balcons, small, interesting doors and narrow passageways. Valréas is no exception.

Old stone walls with archways to pass through.

Roundabouts are common in France and very often decorated with flowers, sculptures, stone etc. This is one right beside the brasserie where I stopped for coffee. Across the street was a flashing sign that indicated the temprature was 21degrees. How nice! 

My last stop was the local Cave Coopérative to purchase a bottle of wine for dinner.

 I couldn't resisit taking this picture. Can you imagine bringing in your container and buying wine for .99 €/litre?