Thursday, July 28, 2011

Gordes

Hello to all,

I know, I'm a bit quiet. First, I don't have much to show, working on a secret project, then I spent last weekend with Amandine and one of her friend. Among other things, we went to Gordes this weekend.

This one of the prettiest village in the South of France, and a fashionable one too. You can find out more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordes

A few miles away, there is an old village of little stone houses. They are called "bories". Until Sunday, I thought a borie was only a shelter for sherpherd, but apparently, they were also houses on their own. In this village, you have dwellings, an oven, shelters for goats, pigs, poultry, food, etc...

Another reason for my silence is the sudden death of my PC. I had to find out how to upload pictures and blog from my Ipad. I don't master it completely yet, ...

I hope you are all well and enjoying life.
Take care!

13 comments:

Rosemary said...

Glad to hear from you again. Nothing worse than the pc crashing.
Lovely quaint village...... never seen them before......

Lisa at Greenbow said...

Good to hear from you Vero. Your outing looks very interesting with all of those stone houses and buildings. My pc is about to go. I have been wondering if I should just get an Ipad. Hmmmmmm

houndstooth said...

Oh, I'm sorry about your computer! That's so frustrating!

That village is lovely! Thanks for sharing that with us!

Berts Blog said...

We loved seeing the village and learning more about them. Now we are going to look them up on Bing so we can learn even more.

Good luck with your PC. Hope it can be fixed.

Take Care
Bert

nikkipolani said...

Ouch -- I'm sorry about your PC but at least you had a back up plan! Photos are very interesting, especially those bories.

Unknown said...

What a lovely village! Those stone buildings look gorgeous.

So sorry about the death of your PC, it's frustrating!

Hope you'll reveal your secret project soon!

neki desu said...

omg a catalan connection at the abbey!
those catalans :)

neki desu said...

oops forgot to mention the crash.if i don't do something i'm heading there too .

Pat said...

Thank you for bringing back memories of a lovely holiday many years ago.

Cassy said...

I have never seen a borie before. Thanks for sharing those pictures.

Cassy from Acoustic Guitar Lessons

Kerri said...

I love this armchair travel! Thanks for sharing your adventures. Sounds like lots of fun and very interesting.
Oh no, PC crashes are the pits! Thank heavens for you Ipad :)

Wally said...

Fascinating. I had a look at the Wikipedia article too.

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