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This is the fishing village of Niolon. Our apartment is on the hillside behind us, where we spent the week sitting on the balcony in the sun, reading, eating fresh seafood and drinking local wine.
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Finally, I got to Arles, where Vincent van Gogh lived 15 months.
There's a great walking tour, with plaques marking the spots where he sat to paint. This is the site of his house (bombed in 1944), "The Yellow House."
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This is the actual café from "Café at Night."
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Cool, or what?
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This is the bridge from "The Drawbridge."
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He ended up in this hospital - the garden shows up in many paintings. Something new we learned: when he cut off his earlobe and gave it to the friend/prostitute, he may have had in mind the local tradition of matadors giving the ear of the bull to their girlfriends.
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Saint Rémy, where he checked himself into St. Paul's cloister-asylum and lived for a year. What a precious, calm, beautiful place - this was our favorite day.
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The olive trees from "The Olive Grove."
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The back of the cloister and the window of Vincent's room on the second floor.
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Vincent's room.
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Vincent's window.
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Ron's favorite place - the courtyard next to the chapel. It shows up in many paintings that Vincent made of the cloister gardens.
A perfect trip!
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