Day 2637: Provence Manhole Covers?

Mary: photography

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Yes, Provence Manhole Covers. 

I took pictures of them, as I tend to do. 

And am sharing them with you as a break from scenery.

These are different from the ones I took in New York, here.

Way different that the ones Miss Megan sent me from Japan, here.

Manhole covers date back at least to the era of ancient Rome, which had sewer grates made of stone.

A manhole cover or maintenance hole cover is a removable plate forming the lid over the opening of a manhole, an opening large enough for a person to pass through, used as an access point for maintenance and other work on an underground utility or pipe.

It is designed to prevent anyone or anything from falling in, and to keep out unauthorized persons and material.

I find it interesting that they could all be the same, but they aren't.

Another part of my recent trip to Provence, France.

 I found a new or different kind of chain link!

A smile for Tuesday ...

Day 2634: What happens in Menerbes ...

Rooftops of Menerbes: photography

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What we saw in Menerbes on the fifth day  ...

About a thirty-five minute drive through Provence countryside.

Ménerbes is a commune (the smallest French territorial division 

for administrative purposes) in the Vaucluse department in 

the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. 

A walled village on a hilltop in the Luberon mountains, 

foothills of the French Alps.

Three and four storied buildings survive five hundred years.

The view from the top is amazing  ...

notice the crucifix driveway?

in every direction.

This large sculpture was on the hillside. No title or artist information. I titled it "enough". You can make up your own too.

Lots of steep ups and downs.

Picuresque scenes everywhere.

A local shop has sandwiches ready for the lunch crowd.

I never thought this would happen in my 2,634 days of 

sequential posting, but I have to share the toiltettes in Menerbes.

State of the art toilettes.

Sparkling clean and disinfected after every use...

the sink has soap, water and drying (LtoR) at the sink.

When you enter you press the locking button for privacy. 

When you leave the door again locks for disinfecting.

True story, one of our group kindly held the door open

for her friend to enter. The door locked and promptly

disinfected her friend. That story never gets old.

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Last, I wanted to share the lunch when we returned from Menerbes.

Later that day we has supper at 7:30 pm.

I took pictures of most of the food, 

but the smarter ones took notes!

I just know every dish was delicious.

A smile for Sunday ...

Day 2630: Daily life in Marseille.

Lookin Up: , L''IsleSu Ka Sorgue., photography.

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Daily, after breakfast we would meet at the van for that day's outing. Eleven of us, required 8 in the van with David, our host and driver, and 3 in the Peugot with the driver, usually Dibs.

 And we were off to different towns, or cities daily. Les Baccacs is a hamlet, small cluster of building without a bank or  post office.

We changes seats every ride, so we all had good views. 

 Our destination was always an hour or less drive.

The towns have market days, it was a Sunday so 
we went to L'Isle Sur La Sorgue, with a bustling marketplace

L'Isle Sur La Sorgue

L'Isle Sur La Sorgue

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L'Isle Sur La Sorgue Marketplace

pottery

a welcome chair

The building similar but different.
The shutters are functional, and
 fascinating to me. Thick walls,
deep windows, heavy shutters. 
All meant to last, centuries.

me & Marj

Little sidewalk cafes are are a
welcome place to sit, people-watch
and discover gelato! My first 
ever gelato was passion fruit!

We all met David at 12:15 for a return to Les Bassacs for our waiting lunch. The afternoon and evenings were free. I took a nap.

Some went walking, or sketched, many worked in the studio.

studio and view from the studio

 

 

At 7:30 the bell rang and we went to dinner.

Each place set with a salad.

Dinner was a self serve buffet of ...

And dessert, which I forgot to photograph.

Another blessed day at Les Baccacs.

A smile for Wednesday ...