Tag: Valensole

"Earth laughs in flowers" is a quote by an american poet called Ralph Waldo Emerson (I'm impressed if you've heard about this guy before). Looking at these pictures, I understand exactly what he meant and couldn't agree more. I'm not sure if you still remember my "Lavender fields forever" post I wrote you a couple of weeks ago, or not. Either way, these pictures were snapped the same day when we were drinving from the town of Valensole back to the blue coast, Côte d'azur that is. I think I'll remember these gorgeous sceneries for the rest of my life. It's still baking hot here in Finland, but we luckily managed to get our hands on a fan. And ...

In the South of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence area, we found so many beautiful flower fields, these lovely lavender farms among them. If you're looking for one of the largest lavender fields in the Southern France, Valensole (or Plateau de Valensole, to be exact) is your choice. These pictures were snapped there. Autoillessamme eteläisen Alpes-de-Haute-Provencen läpi matkalle osui useita, toinen toistaan nätimpiä kukkaviljelmiä. Valensolen kylän läheisyydessä sijaitseva Plateau de Valensole on eräs Etelä-Ranskan suurimmista laventelipeltoalueista, ja juurikin sieltä on nämä kuvat napsittu. These gorgeous lavender flowers are mainly grown fo ...