Lifestyle
Out of Office: Avignon
Categories: Lifestyle » Culture, Leisure & Travel, Lifestyle » Food, Lifestyle
Tagged France, Ginger Reeder, Out of Office
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The Palais des Papes in Avignon is one of the largest medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. -
The house we stayed at in Chateauneuf-de-Gadagne. My parents rented the same house in the village every May for 10 years and grown to love it dearly. -
The view from the house. -
The church next door to the house in Avignon. -
The church next door to the house. -
The pool at the house in Avignon. -
One night we drove back to Avignon for dinner. We found a lovely café just off the main square and had live entertainment. -
My daughter had her first of many crème brullées – which she believes taste better in France. -
We did a tour of hill towns of the Luberon. We started in Gordes, taking in the view first and then attending the street market. -
Berries at the market in Gordes. -
Cherry tomatoes at the market in Gordes. -
Soaps at the market in Gordes. -
A mural in Roussillon, a protected village since 1943. -
A cafe in Roussillon. -
Shopping in Minerbes. -
A outdoor Café in Menerbes. -
Pottery in Menerbes. -
In Avignon we dined at Hotel La Mirande, in the chef’s kitchen. Chef Jean-Claude Altmayer orchestrated a wonderful night for our party of 14. -
Ginger and Chef Jean-Claude Altmayer. -
In the kitchen with chef Jean-Claude. -
Chef Jean-Claude's swordfish. -
Roman Ruins. We went to visit the Pont du Gard, which the teenagers agreed was the “coolest” thing we did. Put together entirely without mortar, the Pont du Gard dates back to 19 B.C. -
Cheese in St. Remy. -
Pizza night in Chateauneuf!
Making appearances on national morning shows and scouting out NM’s over-the-top Christmas fantasy gifts is all in a day’s work for NM’s resident media guru, Ginger Reeder. This summer, when it was time to unplug, Reeder decided to revisit a vacation home her parents had rented every summer for 10 years in Avignon, France. “It was bittersweet to be there without them, but it was full of good memories,” she says of the trip, which had her dotting through the villages of southeastern France earlier this month en famille. The slideshow is captioned in Ginger’s own words. Quel voyage!
