An Englishman in Le Lavandou (1)

I know, we're always holidaying as SOME of you keep telling us! Can you blame us?!

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Last weekend we took the opportunity to travel with Catherine to meet Jean-Pierre near Aix-en-Provence then onto Le Lavandou to see Tonton André and stop in his apartment overlooking the Med. Whilst JP was in business meetings we visited a local vineyard (Château Virant) where they also process olive oil. We bought 10 litres of rosé wine but found the oil quite expensive, although a wonderful flavour. Photo 1 shows a display of the olive oil products, and Photo 2 shows some of the immense vineyards surrounding the Domaine. The 3rd photo is actually an olive tree right outside the office where JP was working.

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It was good to find André well, although more or less confined to his apartment as he is less mobile these days. He certainly enjoyed the company of his son and his niece (plus their partners). After an aperitif with André we left him to get to bed to watch television and walked along the front to eat a very welcome pizza in the town.

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Next day was very grey - not what we expected! - but we went to Bormes-les-Mimosas and the trees were still in flower, as you can see in Photo 4. I love the last photo showing the entrance to a courtyard of a private house. We had a little walk round and saw oranges and lemons in gardens - it really is a beautiful town even under a grey sky!