a good year - part 2

.............sunday was probably one of the best days of my life. why you may ask. simple. because i found a part of my life. what does this mean. i dont know yet. but something just makes sense after sunday. i will tell you what happened and then you might understand.....so we drove to avignon and from there to gordes. this is the little town form the movie. it is even more breathtaking in real life than on the film. we stopped as we entered the town and just stood there looking at the city in its full fortified glory. we stared at the backdrop which comprised of most of the luberon and vaucluse regions of provence. you could see all the way to apt in the east and with the overlooking mont ventoux over our shoulders. we tried to find all the locations of the movie. it was so much fun and it was a great laugh. we drove around the same fountain like madmen. we found the little cafe. everything. then as fate would have it we bumped into wome locals and they explained that the chateau real name in chateau la canorgues. but that finding it would be difficult and that the owner is not to friendly. that did not phase us the least. but with time in hand and it not being to far away we sat down at a table and drank some of the sweet nectar of the valley. we sat there in the sun. laughing. discusing the surreal day we were experiencing. so off we went. trying to find the hidden treasure of chateau la canorgues. but the day with all its surprises and finds added another. we ran out of gas. and the only place we could find open was a local bakery. we trusted the stars and begged for some olive oil which believe it or not took us to where we needed to be. and as the sun went down over the luberon we found our hidden treasure. there it was. even more beautiful and spectacular than we thought. it was a day of pleasure and euphoria. of unimaginable feelings and thoughts. all compacted into the simplest things of life. and that was perhaps the turning point that i can not find the words for. it seems indeed as if it will be a good year. ce la vie........