This church steeple in the center of St. Remy is what I think of when I think of St. Remy (sorry, I couldn’t remove the electric wire) and Van Gogh included it in his paintings of the village. We stayed in the Blue Villa in St. Remy for the last two years, so it feels like home in Provence. We know the market vendors, the restaurants we like and our favorite boulangerie. The Blue Villa was not available this year so we are learning about Maussane–the market vendors, the restaurants we like and we already have a favorite boulangerie.
We left Maussane early this morning to get a good parking spot at the market in St. Remy. As soon as we arrived Clay began gathering the vegetables he needed for a superb salad and the oysters he needed for a robust oyster stew. Allan and I took our time and had a café before we started shopping. The fruit and vegetables here are so colorful, this pumpkin, the leeks, and the cabbages are about as perfect as can be.
Clay and Connie left after he purchased his produce and bought an Ecuadorian panama hat. They were on a mission to get tickets to the ribbon pulling bullfight in Arles Friday afternoon. Allan and I stayed in St. Remy, did some shopping (he did purchase his duck confit this time), ate lunch at La Fountaine, had café at MichelMarshall and just wandered aimlessly through the lovely little town.
We left St. Remy and drove along D5 in search of olive processors. We found beautiful sites that reminded us of Provence but were mostly unsuccessful in search of olives.
Until…in the town of Mouriés we did find the Moulin Cooperatif de Mouriés (it is the town where the most olives were sold in France) and shopped a little more!
After returning to Maussane, Connie and Clay walked down to the local Pétanque field where there was apparently a tournament in progress. They enjoyed watching the 7 or more teams compete. Our happy hour was outside this evening because the weather was so beautiful, but it cools down when the sun sets so we ate dinner inside. Could we possibly have better weather?
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