The Luberon: Ansouis, Musée Extraordinaire, Château de Lourmarin(5/12/2019)

Yet another astonishing day in the Luberon.

In the morning we drove to Ansuis, a small town in the Vaucluse département. There we meandered around the town and visited the Extraordinary Museum.
But first things first... Pâtisserie Volpert literally jumped on us, blocked our way right at the parking lot leaving us no other choice than...

It resulted in the following:
Le Mont-Blanc (Pâte sucrée, crème d'amande, chantilly, vermicelles de marron, rhum vieux):

La Tentation (Crumble cacao, mousse chocolat Vietnam 73%, crème diplomate vanille, caramel mou, noisettes caramélisées)

Challenging, I admit but doable.

Then we visited the Musée Extraordinaire, which is really interesting. It's a magical place keeping alive forty years of passion for the sea. An artistic place based on the findings and work of the painter and diver Georges Mazoyer, who founded museum in 1975. Today his daughter is running the site.

After Ansouis we drove to the Château de Lourmarin. Originally a 12th-century fortress, which was transformed in the 15th century into a castle. As many other castles in France during the centuries it ran down, and was restored in the 20th century.

Home, sweet home:

Thursdays afternoons we linger in the music room.

Ansouis streets: