What you need most when walking through the trails of Provence is some energy. And what better than a bunch of cherries straight from the tree?
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Daddy and his little girl heading towards Bonnieux...
The three girls at the café in Lacoste, smiling not for the camera but really about the Vanilla milkshakes they've just ordered...
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Seen from within the confines of the château of the Marquis de Sade, Lacoste:
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Walking through the narrow cobbled streets of Lacoste:
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The whole family in front of a lavender field, just outside Bonnieux:
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A refreshing walk through the Toulourenc river:
The girls near the summit of Mont Ventoux, crouching in the let's-spot-a-mountain-goat position:
Near the summit of Ventoux, with gusts of Mistral winds clearing the skies and unveiling the chain of the Alps in the far background: