Sunday--Wild Animal Parc

On Sunday afternoon we decided to take a drive towards Vinon sur Verdon. On our way we decided to check out an animal parc...it was closed but on the way we did see some animals:

Dad let Seni drive

This picture has nothing to do with the wild animal parc but I needed to take a picture anyway. Seneca loves putting these plastic containers, that once held fruit, on her head...so funny.

Pont du Gard

This past weekend we visited Pont du Gard. This is where a large aqueduct was built back around 19BC to transport water from a spring near Uzes to Nimes. Here are some pictures from the day.

Friends of ours, the Popes.

Seneca eating the wind...yeah...funny girl!

Seneca and her buddy Liam.

Seneca and dad playing in the water near the canoes.

Typical for our Saturday excursions....she was very tired by the end of the day.

Bastille Day!

The day before the holiday, in Masoque, the town put on a fireworks celebration. This was at le parc de drouille near the centre ville of Manosque. This was Seneca's first time seeing fireworks and she was a little scared. She still talks about it..."mommy, pireworks! boom!, i carde (scared), i cy (cry)"

The day of we went to a picnic with our church friends and then headed to Gap, about 1 hour from us, to catch the Tour de France.

Not the tour...ha! this was so funny I had to take a picture...it was hot and this guy was enjoying the stream. This was caught as we were walking towards the finish line.

The finish line is right where you see the sign "Vittel"

There is Lance Armstrong in red/gray

Lance's bike(s). Can't believe how many spares they have...

The day before Seneca wanted to paint so I let her paint with pudding...

Another amazing adventure this weekend!

Sorry for the continuous posts...I'm not very good at journal writing and have really enjoyed using the Blog as a means for documenting our lives plus, you can print it out.

Anyway, this past weekend we were able to see quite a bit! Just over an hour of us, to the West, were the following hot spots: Gordes, Les Bories, Abbaye de Senanque, Fontaine de Vaucluse and a tour of the Petite Luberon.


Gordes is a hilltop village that spills down in terraces:

The architecture here is a bit different. If you notice, the rocks are stacked a certain way giving it a different look other then the typical cement structures.


Just outside of the town is a place called Les Bories. These are ancient dwellings know as "bories" were made from limestone. They date back to 2,000 BC and were regularly rebuilt using the ancient methods. These were used for shelter. There is no mortar between the rocks.

After this we traveled to the Abbaye de Senanque founded in 1148. 

Our next stop was to Fontaine de Vaucluse! Oh...to die for! Such a beautiful town hidden in the hills on top of an underground water source from the Sorgue river. 

The water here is so clear!

There is a Moulin a Papier (paper mill) beside the river....Seneca loved this!

The last part of the day we decided to take the Petite Luberon route back home. 

This was also a hilltop town called Bonnieux. Very cool town!

Just outside of Ansouis we saw these beautiful Sunflowers...we had to get a shot!

Yes, I know what you all are thinking, but I had to take one! I love them! This is me walking as quickly as I can to our car in the background...

That is it for now! We will post again about Bastille Day and the Tour de France in Gap.

ciao!