fravina: V is for vacances d'été!

vacance d'été :: summer vacation

...which we will probably not be having this year. sigh. i should save this post for june, when i'll be frantically trying to finish my dissertation and wishing we were back in provence, but i can't help it. the low today is 3 degrees C, which translates to... well, COLD degrees F! and it was in the 20s a few days ago! so, i'm hoping that a nostalgic trip down memory lane will help warm our spirits...

the fab four, almost arrested in beaune... not really.

so, a&n started planning this adventure shortly after their january 2007 trip to paris. i believe n's words were "F this cold weather, let's head south" or something along those lines... so, two short years later, they made the trip back over and we did just that. rented a car, packed some sammies, and hit the road (a&n deserve a medal for surviving the road trip navigation dynamic that k&i have going, by the way. we bicker a lot when we're lost and sometimes even when we're not. plus we had a fender bender... it was not pretty).

we spent a week on the road, stopping for drinks and photos (and often in that order) in beaune, bonnieux, and cassis. we ate well. we lounged about. we drank far too many bottles of red wine (some of which turned into late-night microphones during raucous dance parties, the photos of which i will not be posting here...). we burned ourselves crisp on the beach. we hiked. we drove. and drove. and drove. and we laughed. a lot.

blue skies, bluer ocean, early fields of lavender, farm houses, vineyards, cherries, cold beers with a shot of pèche, good music, vegetables, bread, cheeeeese, sandals, short skirts, floppy hats, sunglasses, card games, good books, better friends... all the ingredients for a fabulous holiday in the south of france!

behold...