Today was our last full day in Provence so we decided to head to Les Baux-de-Provence after the normal croissant breakfast. This was of particular interest to Debbie as they have converted an old quarry site into a theatre for projecting artistic images called Carrieres De Lumieres. Given I wasn’t feeling my best I wasn’t overly enthusiastic about the 60KM drive.
My enthusiasm was further dented after a couple of inappropriate pieces of advice from the GPS lady… the most stressful one being an interesting test of the height of the rental vehicle… which is more of an SUV than a car. I was faced with having to go under a railway bridge that had a sign suggesting 1.6 metre clearance. It was at this point I realised I didn’t know what the heigh of the car was … but had traffic banked up behind me … so it either get stuck under the bridge (luckily I paid the extra insurance) … or emerge a winner. Amazingly, it seems the car was 1.5 Metres high as the aerial dragged on the bridge … but we emerged unharmed.
As we neared our destination the scenery changed into much drier limestone ranges… 
Once we arrived at our destination we found the the Carrieres De Lumieres was only a small part of what was there. The village of Les Baux was an old castle that originally dates back to the 10th century. It is perched high and was frequently raided by the Sarcens. The view down to the village… and beyond 
Some kind people took a photo of us… while we spent time exploring the site…
After exploring and finding lunch in the village…
Time to visit Carrieres De Lumieres… This was actually quite interesting. It was an interesting way to present not only art … but some pretty cool video as well. It is dark inside so it was hard to take any quality photos … and the whole thing is on such a grand scale … it’s difficult to capture it well…
In the end I was pretty impressed … so Les Baux ended up being well worth the effort … despite the stress in getting there.
We had dinner at one of the fine restaurants in Goult tonight… the food was amazing … the service not so amazing… to close out our stay here. I’ll certainly remember the house and our stay in Goult, fondly… as well as having drinks on the terrace in afternoons… It’s not Bonnie Doon… but you can ‘feel the serenity’ and you can see Bonnieux!
Until tomorrow
Rob
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