Hi everyone :D !!!! I’m back from my little trip and I wanted to share some of my experience in Ardèche :) if you don’t know, Ardèche is a department in the South of France. It corresponds to between 6 and 10 hours of travel by car from my home (=v=)
so I had to be patient but at least there is no regret when faced with such a sight
Ardèche is full of middle mountains and hills and forest, so the view was always super pretty <3
So we arrived at our holiday cottage safe and sound and waaaaa it was SO LOVELY!!!!! the house was all stone and retained the freshness well, perfect for hot weather :)
Also this view from outside, just👌(in fact the surrounding area was full of vineyards)
We had only a week there so we were limited by time for the number of activities we could do but we tried to make the most of it.
First by going on short hikes in the area and enjoying the beautiful environment (*v*)
but also by making creepy encounters x) (and yes we really went through this tunnel and it was super long and I’d never do it at night lol ><)
We also visited a little town called Largentière, a very tiny town that is actually one of the least populated places in France. And I confirm, it was empty lol maybe a bit too much xD but the place was at least pretty :)
Also I noticed that in Ardèche, people often have super colorful doors and shutters. That’s something I wish we could have in bigger town, it’s so charming :)
Culturally speaking, the Ardèche contains a lot of prehistoric sites including caves. I actually visited two of them.
First of all, we went to see Chauvet 2 cave, that is a replica of the famous Chauvet cave painting. It was fascinating, it’s the first time I could really see prehistoric art with my own eyes ; even though it was a replica, they did it with the same kind of materials so it could look exactly the same, so it was still impressing!
And damn, artists of millions of years ago were talented :o!!!! (ps : pictures were forbidden, this one is an official, not mine, just to show you a preview)
There was also an expo where we could see the animals that were existing at that time, I felt so small x’)
But the highlight of my week was the visit to the cave of Aven d’Orgnac!!! OMG THAT WAS BREATHTAKING
The cave of Aven d’Orgnac was discovered by Robert de Joly in 1935 and formed millions of years ago and is filled with giant stalactites and stalagmites!!! and I swear, you lose all sense of distance and size, everything was so gigantic :O
I’m gonna share with you some pictures (I took too many but this post is already too long lol) just so you see how amazing it looks!
Saw a bunny 🐇
And a pine cone ;)
Robert De Joly's memorial urn was even put in that cave, can you spot it?
And finally, I had the perfect timing of a drop falling on a stalagmite, it looks like a little bird (>v<) <3
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If you read this post until here, I hope you enjoyed with me this little trip through those pictures :) it was short but still memorable!! I miss the hills already haha
Thank you for reading, I hope you have spent a nice time from your side as well and I offer you to conclude this picture, no context XDDDD
PATRIMOINE | Des silex vieux de 30 000 ans mis au jour en Ardèche ➽ https://bit.ly/Fouilles-Silex-Ardeche Des fouilles menées ces trois dernières années à Saint-Marcel-d’Ardèche ont permis de mettre la main sur des silex et des parures préhistoriques. Utilisés il y a 30000 ans, les vestiges témoignent d'une occupation humaine et du quotidien des chasseurs-cueilleurs à l'époque
Lundi 16 octobre 2023 à Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier en Ardèche , des militants écologistes ont manifesté contre la construction d'un grand centre religieux catholique. Les religieuses ont formé une chaine humaine pour protéger les pelleteuses afin que les travaux se poursuivent. Certains militants ont réussi à entrer sur le site et une religieuse n'a pas hésité à plaquer l'un d'entre eux pour stopper sa progression.
77 - Lancia Stratos de 1975 by Laurent Quérité
Via Flickr:
RMCH 2024 SR 5 - Lyas - Pourchères Pilote : Nicolas LEROY-FLEURIOT Copilote : Mathilde YVELAIN Col des Croix de Creysseilles Ardèche France IMG_2054
La semaine dernière, j'ai retrouvé mes amis Julien et Katie à Remoulins dans le Gard (Languedoc). On est allés à Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (Ardèche) visite la réplique de la fameuse Grotte Chauvet dont les peinture rupestres datent de l'aurignacien.
Après la grotte, une galerie où sont restitués les êtres vivants dans les steppes de la région, pendant l'Aurignacien : alternés, voici Homo sapiens, Megaloceros giganteus (le Mégacéros) et Ursus spelaeus (l'Ours des Cavernes)