France 2

Romans-sur-Isère

We are enjoying a continued heat wave in France, with temperatures over 35º most days, luckily a number of Dominique & Arne’s friends have pools so we can enjoy a refreshing swim frequently!

Sal & I went for a drive to explore the area to the south west of our village, we had no destination in mind, just took the minor roads to explore. We ended up in a larger town called Romans-sur-Isère – literally Romans on the river Isère. We parked at the top of the town as it looked like it had some character with a large shady esplanade lined with cafes & restaurants. As we explored it was obvious the old town centre was down on the river front so we wandered through the cobbled lanes and streets, lined with beautiful old buildings and found our way down to the river.

After an hour or so of exploring we settled on what looked like a nice restaurant and had a lovely lunch, we ordered the Tartare de Boeuf and the Salade Romanaise.

Some pics of the local area, Vinay is the nearest shopping sized village, about 10 minutes from us, Vatilieu is the tiny village directly above our house. René-Claude lives just below us on the hill, he has another beautiful house and gardens with a lovely pool. He is a very interesting man, in his late 70’s, has a great cellar from which we enjoyed some fantastic wine and was involved in the textile business before closing his business and retiring.

To finish up we better have some more food pics!

Thats all for this week!