Ahhh! Sunday morning, a beautiful drive through Provence after Madame provided fresh bread, pastries, juice, and coffee for breakfast, then another cup of coffee at a local brasserie, and a tour of this wonderful castle - a remnant of the Huegonot wars. The view from the tower shows three bell towers in the nearby town - one a modern protestant church, one Huegonot (Calvinist) and one the Roman church tower. The castle was bought in ruins in the 1920's and restored before the death of the benefactor, who donated it to an art and history society in Avignon. Tours began at 10:00, and we showed up around 10:45 for a leisurely self-guided tour. We had passed by before our coffee and observed monsieur le chien guarding the grounds; but he was securely tied when we returned.
Around 12:30 we decided to leave, and arrived at the entrance to find it locked - madame who had been at the ticket desk walking away down the drive. She did not hear our call; so we started looking for another exit and even anticipating finding a spot to climb over the wall. About that time she returned to another gate, heading toward le chien to release him back to guarding the grounds, and seemed quite surprised that we were still inside. She seemed very apologetic, having forgotten we were there before taking her two hour lunch break. Ah well, all is well that ends well.
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