If any of you have looked up St. Vallier on the Internet you'll see photos of the river and their basketball team, but not much else. So, this post is to show you a little more of where I live.
Beautiful, old doors that face the river.
Garage doors have signs like this to tell people they can't park in front because tons of people use street parking.
Pretty keyhole.
View from the bridge.
St. Vallier.
Le Rhône
A view of town.
I find it kind of funny that I live in a town of 4000 and there's a Louis Vuitton factory right across the street.
Being a tourist in a very non tourist town.
"Downtown"
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Typical French street.
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Place de la Fontaine. The library is the building that's a bit hidden with the large blue square.
The church. In every French town, no matter what the size, there's a church.
The town hall with France's motto (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity)
Similarly, in practically every French town there is an area dedicated to people who were in the army. Each memorial has a list of their names, and, if it is known, the war they fought in/when they died/served.
Me on the bridge where La Galaure meets Le Rhône.
I live in La Drôme!
Around town with Jonnie.
There are almost always swans on the Rhône.
My town has a "castle" where Diane de Poitiers lived. She was the mistress of Henry II. No one lives there now, but it is well known because the gardener who did the garden of Versailles designed the garden for this castle as well.
My street.
This last Sunday, my host family and I went for a walk in the hills just across from our house.
The view from the kitchen window and where we walked.
It's getting warm here, almost everyday is around 20 degrees Celsius/68 degrees Fahrenheit. One day it even reached 31 degrees Celsius/88 degrees Fahrenheit!
An orchard with an extremely old stone fence.
Wild Rosemary plant.
Sacha, my host parents, Vidocq, and Sarah.
A view of town from the top of the hill.
Another view, and look, you can see my house!
An old gate. All of the flowers were starting to blossom.
An abandoned shed.
Alex and Sacha setting off sparklers.
Wild cactus.
St. Vallier used to have a tile factory, you can see St. Vallier written on this shingle.
Hey there goat.
Let's climb the wall.
Alex.
Sacha and my host Mom.
And me.
I hope you have a better idea of where I live now!
