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NEXT: I definitely wasn't expecting to do this in France or anywhere!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Now that is an interesting teaser for the next update!
It's quite possible! I'm hoping to get another one done a lot sooner than I have been as of late.
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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!
Unfortunately, it's a bit misleading on my part as it will be included, not in the next post the one after that. OOPS!.....Sorry! The next post is coming up shortly!
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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 pictures from the winery! Sorry about the rain!
Glad you enjoyed them as it was a great experience. This was our 4th tasting and each one seemed to get better. Of course serving us more wine and having a great lunch along with it wouldn't have anything to do with it!
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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!
Thursday, 16 May (Day 3 of 3 in Provence-Part Three)
Well, it’s been quite an active day with the rain soaked visit to Seguret and the wine tasting and lunch. This is not as long of a post as the previous and just includes a few photos.
After getting off the bus in the lower town of Vaison La Romaine in Provence, I made ( as well as the rest of the group) the uphill walk back to the hotel in the Upper Town. I dropped off the wine in my room, did a few other things and walked back down below to the lower town around 4 pm to hopefully get a couple of food items in the local shops there. After browsing a number of various local small shops, I came out with a couple of purchases, being a can of Foie Gas and a glass container of French Sea Salt. I was quite happy with these. They weren’t cheap, but not overly expensive. My luggage room is limited, being that I did not bring along a large suitcase for this tour. That’s the idea of a tour like this as we’re carrying our own bags and a Rick Steves tour wants you to be a smart traveler! It’s not like going to Disney where all your luggage is taken care of. I like it this way!
I started walking back to my hotel, when I decided to stop at a café, relax a bit and have an espresso as that’s always a good thing. Enjoyed it and did a bit of people watching with a nice view of the town.
After this bit of enjoyment, I made the trek to the Upper Town and returned to the Hotel Belfroi. at about 5 pm. After a long day with plenty of wine at the tasting and lunch I felt it was time for a little siesta. It wasn’t that short as I nodded off until almost 7 pm. I got myself refreshed to wake up with some cold water and got ready for dinner, which I had a reservation for in the upper town.
Courtyard behind the Hotel Belfroi, which is so beautiful!
I went downstairs to the lobby and I ran into Nancy and Paul from my group, who were each enjoying a glass of Rose in the lounge. I got myself a glass as well and talked with them for a while, hence enjoying a great glass of Rose from Provence, which you can’t beat! We hung out for a bit and about 7:50 I walked to my restaurant for tonight’s dinner. It was down the hill a bit and just about half way down the hill. Sort of hard to describe.
I arrived at the restaurant, which is quite small and family run by a husband and wife in their 30's. It's called Bistro Duo, which makes sense! The husband runs the kitchen, who is from France, while his wife from China takes care of the tables. It was kind of odd with an 8 pm reservation that I was the only one dining here tonight. It seems that most of the tourists visiting this town, seem to frequent the lower town as it’s more convenient, although, I’d find out that the cuisine and service here were rather good.
The hostess served me some puff pastries with an accompanying mayo with dill and lemon, which was quite good. I ordered a glass of Cotes du Rhone Red, which was quite enjoyable. For my first course it was the standard French Onion Soup, which was one of the best I’ve ever had.
For the main course was a Lamb Shank in Red Wine Sauce.
I was still a bit full from lunch earlier so I skipped dessert but the hostess brought me some homemade cookies with walnuts which I enjoyed. I finished off the meal with an espresso and a cognac. I guess, the nap earlier helped as the alcohol didn’t seem to bother me! Overall, a great meal, but just wish there had been others besides myself here. After leaving the husband and wife team thanked me for coming.
I decided to walk to lower town and take a walk to work off the meal for a bit and go to L’Annexe café for a bit, which I had been for lunch yesterday and after dinner the first night. I talked for a bit with a father and son from the UK, who were visiting a lot of Eastern France as I was. Had another espresso and a glass of Cotes du Rhone Red. Don’t know how I was able to have more wine, but perhaps the espresso helped! After a bit of time here I returned to my hotel at around 11:45 pm. Had no trouble falling asleep! No surprise with such a busy day!
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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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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!
What a great time and a great meal! Too bad you couldn't share it with friends!
It was a good meal and I enjoyed it a lot. It was too bad no one else was dining there that night!
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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!
Nice finish to your day with a lovely meal! Too bad more folks weren't enjoying such a nice place.
It was a great meal, but an empty restaurant surprised me! Most here go to the lower town, in the main square, but this place certainly had better cuisine than the one I tried there. It was good, but not like this place! It was recommended to me in my guidebook and agree how good it was!
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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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visit to Seguret and the wine tasting and lunch. This is not as long of a post as the previous and just includes a few photos.
I was quite happy with these. They weren’t cheap, but not overly expensive. My luggage room is limited, being that I did not bring along a large suitcase for this tour. That’s the idea of a tour like this as we’re carrying our own bags and a Rick Steves tour wants you to be a smart traveler! It’s not like going to Disney where all your luggage is taken care of. I like it this way! 
Enjoyed it and did a bit of people watching with a nice view of the town. 
It wasn’t that short as I nodded off until almost 7 pm. I got myself refreshed to wake up with some cold water and got ready for dinner, which I had a reservation for in the upper town.
We hung out for a bit and about 7:50 I walked to my restaurant for tonight’s dinner. It was down the hill a bit and just about half way down the hill. Sort of hard to describe.
which is quite small and family run by a husband and wife in their 30's. It's called Bistro Duo, which makes sense! The husband runs the kitchen, who is from France, while his wife from China takes care of the tables. It was kind of odd with an 8 pm reservation that I was the only one dining here tonight. 
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