05/10/2025
We hiked for three days in Drôme Provençal area. Land of the southern Gauls in pre-Roman times. Beautiful groves of olives, sometimes cultivated alongside lavender and vines. Rows of oaks trees too interspersed with lavender rows creating the conditions for truffles. In Nyons, the capital of olives was this beautiful 12th century tabernacle. An easy adventure to feel like Indiana Jones as we explored the medieval villages and discovered with awe rare still visible medieval frescoes of the Roman Provençal church at La Garde Adémar, papal vineyard territory markers, the sacred springs and temple site dedicated to the water nymphes and much more, as we followed the old paths. The flower of the day is the humble Rhône Aster native to this land. I indulged in my growing addiction of finding new species (for me) of glorious native flora on my pet app Seek.
