Aux Ateliers

It was market day in St. Remy and a bright sunny day.  The village center was filled with vendors as well as shoppers and we did our share to make it a success.  The painter that I like, Franck, was there so I bought a watercolor painting of the entrance to the asylum where Van Gogh spent a year painting.  Franck will label the painting on his Facebook page as “in a private collection in New Orleans, LA.”

After all of our shopping, we had lunch at Aux Ateliers, a lively restaurant in Maussane.  We had a very good meal and shared some good wine.  After lunch, pétanque took center stage in the large yard of the restaurant.  The word pétanque means planted foot because unlike the Italian boule, the players must throw the balls with a foot planted in a circle.  The basics are easy to learn and the men had a fun game.

Allan is holding the yellow cochonnet since he won the competition.  It was another great day with dear friends in a beautiful part of the world.