L'Isle Sur La Sorgue

L'Isle sur la Sorgue is famous mostly for its 300 antiques dealers and Sunday antiques/brocantes market. We were there is 2017 and were knocked out, not so much by the antiques as by the ambiance of the place. We like water features, and LSLS has channeled the Sorgue to render the place nearly a water park. An old French water park. We'd wanted to go there the week before, but the mistral dissuaded us. How can you hold an outdoor market in a gale?! Another mistral descended almost as soon as we got there, finally, a week later, but the place was still enchanting and nobody among the thousands there seemed much bothered by the perpetual gale force winds. Provence is nice for many reasons, but the mistral is not one of them. At least it keeps everything swept up nicely. An assortment of pix...

Sic transit, Gloria...once a beautiful old home

Sunset on one of the channels of the Sorgue

A memorable lunch for me at Au Chineur, a popular bistro

Slice of layered omelette with salad, black olives and a red
sauce

White fish and sauce with a cheesy risotto; the sauce was a
lemony flavor with a trace of saffron; Vicki's steak and frites
were perhaps not so memorable

Sunday was indeed market day, but, surprisingly to us, there were no antique nor
brocante nor junque dealers; obviously we missed something; nonetheless we got
to see another large French market, crafts, food, clothes, art...and people

LSLS cathedral, or maybe just parish church

Famous prayer: "Our pastis, who art very fresh, may your bottle be sanctified..."
Tres spirituel...

On one day we also visited one of the many antique sites

Behind one of larger dealers, a channel of the Sorgue

Quintessential L'Isle sur la Sorgue, no?

How to sell chapeaux et casquettes in a gale

More water features

And market

Meanwhile, back at the aire de camping-cars by the gare