Sylvana & Daphne Snowman
We arrived at St. Romain de Lerps and promptly built a snowpunk.
Sylvana Snowman
Which is scarier?
Daphne & Sylvana; Rock band
The album cover
Vista
View from the deck overlooking the Rhone Valley across to the Alps... they're there somewhere.
Church
12th Century church at St. Romain de Lerps
Chestnuts
This used to be chestnut country.
Farm
A farm on my running route...
Ice crystals
Sylvana the ice princess.
St. Romain de Lerps
St. Romain de Lerps
Ruin
Castle ruin outside of Vernoux-en-Vivarais
Vernoux Ruin
More ruin
House with ruin
People live in that house. very cool.
Cris in bar
Post-ruin beer and hot chocolate in Vernoux-en-Vivarais.
Sylvana in bar
Post-ruin beer and hot chocolate in Vernoux-en-Vivarais.
St. Sylvestre
St. Sylvestre
Pont du Romain
This is called the Roman bridge near St. Sylvestre, but it's apparently medieval.
Pont du Romain
Either way it's quite old.
Pont a Pont
Another old bridge on the way to the bridge. This not nearly as old.
Gite
Daphne coming out the front door of the gite.
Druids
This was some sort of important pagan spot. It looked like rocks to us.
Countryside
Ardeche countryside
Poodles
Two poodles belonging to the proprietor.
Crussol Castle
Lord of the Rings 9th Century castle ruin above St. Peray on Crussol Mt.
D and A
Daphne and Aninia checking out the living situation at Crussol.
Crussol Mt. ruins
People took refuge here at some point in history
Ampitheatre
Modern theater at the base of the road to the castle.
Maze of ruins
I got a little lost in there for a while.
Top of the hill
Top of the hill below the castle
Chunk
Giant chunk of fallen castle. About ten feet square.
Turret
Inside a giant turret.