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We had planned to have lunch along the canals of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.  Yes, a little touristy looking, but gorgeous all the same, especially in the sunshine.  However, plans are made to be changed as after chatting to our new BFF Olivier (a local we just met here in L'Isle-sur), we found ourselves walking, a little hesitantly, down a strange pathway he'd pointed to, away from all the tourists.

What we found was heaven, tucked away amongst the trees.

Le Carre d'Herbes

Outstanding food, friendly and efficient service and no tourists!  Well, alright....our constant camera use probably gave us away.

Our local (see previous post here) is about 30 steps from our front door.

Those 30 steps are all up hill, so we figure we work hard for our lunch....

We desperately needed to stretch our legs so we set out on foot to the next village - Le Barroux, for a wee spot of lunch.

It's only 4.5 km away from La Roque Alric, but there are hills in between.....yep....a lot of hills.  So as you can imagine, we were ready for some  well deserved sustenance when we arrived, only to find the village empty.  A ghost town.  This was wonderful for us taking photos, but not so good for our growling tummies.  Even the one restaurant we did stumble upon happened to be closed on this particular day...doh!

Finally we spotted a little "basic" store where we grabbed a baguette and a wedge of camembert.  Our impromptu lunch for the day....or so we thought.....

If you've been following our little adventure in France to date, then you'll completely understand our utter excitement when after meandering around the curved little cobble stoned paths of our tiny little village, La Roque Alric, we stumbled upon the sweetest looking French country restaurant ever - l'Acacia en Provence.

We never expected it.  We were told there was no restaurant here!

I think we squealed.