Kit and Carol on the Road

We took the Autoroute all the way home from Arles--expensive toll road but much faster. On our way home from the A-road we happened to stop at the Abbe d' Valmagne which was a very pleasant surprise. Unlike the Abbe Fontfroide where we toured on our bike trip--the people here were much friendlier, let us tour on our own with a written English guide, and did not lock us in. We quite liked it. The biggest surprise is that the church itself contains huge wine vats. Sometime after the French revolution it was turned into a winery and thus escaped being a rock quarry as many ancient structures did. After touring the Abbe we wandered into the tasting room. It is true that in France you can stop in to taste wine and buy a bottle with the change in your pocket. '