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How interesting that this theater is still in use! Very ! That crepe sounds wonderfully delicious.
It's amazing that this theatre is still in use, but it's been restored, kept up to date and is fully intact, when it was originally constructed some nearly 2,000 years ago!
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The theatre was absolutely fascinating - amazing that so much of it is still standing all these years later.
The entire facade is pretty much the original. It seems, for the most part that the interior has been replaced over time with the seating!
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Beautiful pictures from Orange! The theater is amazing!
Glad you liked the photos! That theatre is something else and well worth and afternoon spent there!
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Wednesday, May 15 (Day 2 of 3 in Provence-Part Four)
On my return back to the hotel, it began to rain somewhat. It’s not an easy walk in the rain as it’s all up hill and the road going up here, winds around a bit. You just have to make sure you have plenty of traction on your shoes, which I did.
Tonight, we would be dining in the same restaurant for dinner as last night (in the hotel), but not outside in the courtyard as it’s raining. By 7 pm, the rain was coming down quite hard. I went downstairs a bit off the main lobby, down some narrow, steep stone steps to the room (it is quite an old hotel, which explains this), where we’ve been having our breakfast each morning. They have a small bar area in which you can get wines by the glass here. I got myself a glass of Rose from Provence as did a few of my tour colleagues and hung out a bit with them before dinner in the lounge near the lobby. The Rose was quite good as was the company!
At about 7:30 pm, we went to the hotel restaurant to have dinner, which would be quite different than last night. We all started off ordering some wine and I went with a half bottle from the Rhone Valley in which is part of Provence. I had a Cairrane red, which is a medium bodied wine and quite good.
We were first served a small appetizer of some sort of fish terrine (like a pate), which was quite good. Not sure what kind of fish it was, but it was a white fish.
For my main appetizer I had a salmon tartare accompanied by legumes tartare. Hard to describe the latter but they are a dry fruit. There are various forms of them but lentils and peas are considered legumes. Both were very good and wish I had taken some photos of them to show you what they look like. Many legumes are cultivated primarily for their seeds. There were various components to the legumes tartare including some tomatoes and avocado as well, if I’m correct. It looked somewhat similar to this:
For my main course it was the French standard of Coq au Vin, which I had never had before. At least not a French version. It was accompanied by pureed zucchini and eggplant as well as potatoes au gratin. All was quite good and the coq au vin had wonderful flavor to it.
For dessert, I had a pastry with almonds, strawberries and topped with a caramel sauce. I really enjoyed this. All in all, a very good meal and no complaints from me about any of it.
After this great dinner, I waited a while before heading down into the lower town as the rain was still coming down quite hard. At about 9:30 pm, I made the short walk to the lower town and have an espresso and a Grand Marnier for after dinner at a café in town.. It was more or less a wine bar rather than a café and is next to the brasserie, I went to lunch earlier in the day.
After a while here, the rain really picked up and it was a deluge and just a big wall of water coming down . So, I wasn’t about to walk back to my hotel any time soon. To wait it out I had a small carafe of Rhone vin Rouge to pass the time. The place was quite busy with a lot of locals and tourists enjoying various wines and cuisine as well. The rain finally subsided after a while and I arrived back at the Hotel Beffroi at about 11:30 pm.
The trip is winding down, with only two full nights left, but there is still much more on the agenda!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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The rain didn't really seem to interfere with any of your plans! Dinner sounded very delicious.
Yes, the rain didn't yet much in the way to this point....unfortunately, that would change a bit tomorrow! Our dinner was so good and so varied!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
The rain didn't get in the way of my plans for the most part, but at least I had a great dinner.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Great dinner! Glad the rain allowed you to sit an enjoy a late night drink or two!
Had another one of many great dinners in France. I can't think of a bad one I had on this trip so far!
I guess there are some benefits to the rain at times, when you're on vacation. ! The drinks were good and so was the atmosphere and people watching, which I always enjoy! Rick Steves, himself, always strives this!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Was hoping to have an update today, but no such luck! Been having some problems with photobucket today, so no update yet! Pages are loading very slowly there and a few other sites. Trying to figure it out, but may be cookies or my browser.
Will try to figure it out and hope to get at least a short update tonight.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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I went downstairs a bit off the main lobby, down some narrow, steep stone steps to the room (it is quite an old hotel, which explains this), where we’ve been having our breakfast each morning. They have a small bar area in which you can get wines by the glass here. I got myself a glass of Rose from Provence as did a few of my tour colleagues and hung out a bit with them before dinner in the lounge near the lobby. The Rose was quite good as was the company! 
which would be quite different than last night. We all started off ordering some wine and I went with a half bottle from the Rhone Valley in which is part of Provence. I had a Cairrane red, which is a medium bodied wine and quite good. 
It looked somewhat similar to this:
Our dinner was so good and so varied! 
The drinks were good and so was the atmosphere and people watching, which I always enjoy! 
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