3 Shots: France

It's a shocking oversight, but Megan and I went to France, and somehow none of the pictures made it to Misadventures.  Accordingly, here's our trip in 3 shots (One note - this was hard.  If you want to see more pictures from France, check out the "Pictures" page):

Here is the obligatory lavender fields picture.  I'm not sure exactly where this is, as we were in the middle of a drive that went vaguely around Provence.  The contrast of the yellow and purple, however, and the mountains in the background, well-deserved stopping and taking some pictures.  Interestingly, on the other end of the field there was a rundown caravan park with one caravan in it - I can't think of a more beautiful place to put up your mobile home.

This is Isle Sur La Sorgue, a charming little tourist town in Provence.  Here the Sorgue splits into canals and streams, making the center of the city a maze of footbridges, waterways and quayside cafes.  Occasionally people (French tourists, mostly), take little punts up and down the river, scrambling over the low head dams, and getting soaked as a result.  Under the red tent to the left, I had my first steak tartare.

After leaving Megan's mother and her new husband in Blois (of which, sadly, I didn't include any pictures), we headed for Paris.  This shot, from the Louvre's collection of Islamic Art, is the back of a Moorish door.  The fronts of the doors were incredible in their level of detail and workmanship, but I found the backs just as lovely, and much more compelling.  The facade is lovely, but the work needed to support beauty has its own humble grace.