Isle de Sorgue is a nice small town that is sometimes called the little Venice. This is because it has a canal that runs thru the centre of the older part of town. There are a few water wheels that are an obvious photo opportunity for tourists, they are covered in moss. After a very hot walk of 800 meters into town, we hit the crowds of people that come for the famous markets that happen on a Sunday. Apparently this town has the biggest markets outside of Paris & also is famous for it’s antiques which were on the streets as well as many antique shops. This surrounding area of Provence is also known for the Lavender that is grown, so in the markets this was for sale in many forms. We could’t resist buying some fabulous smelling soap which came in many flavors & wished we had brought some more.
One of the vendors asked us where we were from and when we told him he said he had never heard of NZ. Then he asked the next vendor along if he knew it and he said it was off Africa. We tried really hard to explain where it was but he had no idea. Then both the vendors laughed at Sheree trying to explain, at which stage Sheree realized they had both been having us on. They explained they do it quite often together and it always gave them a great laugh. Some people go to the extent of drawing pictures and do not appreciate the joke at the end. We were well & truly sucked in & had a good laugh over it with the guys. After the hot walk back from the market we couldn’t wait to jump into the pool at the hotel & then have a rest in the shade on the sun loungers. Drove the car into the town for tea & easily found a free park.
Off to Homps today for our canal boat trip so may not have internet for a few days.