Trip to Mirmande, the Drome
The Drome is still my favorite area in France thus far, so I was excited to take a day trip to Mirmande, a (you guessed it!) beautiful medieval town, officially listed as one of the plus beaux villages de france (link) in the Drome. We auto-routed it most of the way, so there wasn't much to see until we got there, but the town didn't disappoint. The only problem was that it was really, really, exceptionally cold, and we all retreated to the Cafe Chez Margot in short order. Some photos by our young compatriot from the states, Ian:
and my photos
From there, we drove to Chabillan, which has an impressive, but falling apart keep, more picturesque streets, a very cool looking library where they serve beer, and a whole lot of cats. This cat was in a tree that was not really able to support his weight:
The cafe is under the turret. Not a bad location, really!
The GPS was trying to kill us for most of the day, at one point routing us onto a tiny dirt road, covered in ice and snow that climbed a 15 grade up a hill. It also routed us through countless damn roundabouts on the Departmental roads.
