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DIRECTIONS TO LE LAVANDIN FROM PARIS or FROM MARSEILLE GEORGIA PERRIN Have a wonderful drive in the French countryside!! IF YOU ARE COMING FROM MARSEILLE OR NICE you will also get on Autoroute A7 and go NORTH/NORTHEAST toward SALON, then VALENCE/AVIGNON, depending on where you pick up the A7. The directions now become the same whether coming from the North or the South. As you near Avignon you will begin to see signs for Avignon Nord, (the sign may also say Vedene as well as other village names), EXIT 23. This will be your exit off the Autoroute A7. The exit numbers are small black numbers in the upper left hand corner of the sign—the word exit or sortir is not used. As soon as you exit at Avignon Nord on EXIT 23 you will go through the peage (toll booth). Choose the booth that is at the far right because immediately after paying you will see the sign for Vedene, St. Saturnin (and perhaps others) and that directs you to the road that is on your far right. Continue to watch for the markers for Vedene and for Saint Saturnin les Avignon. You will first come to Vedene but will not go into the Centre Ville. Instead you will continue choosing the markers on the roundabouts going toward Saint Saturnin les Avignon. (You are more or less going in a southerly direction). There is a new rond-point (roundabout) that has just been opened between VEDENE and ST SATURNIN; it is identifiabile by a new and fairly large Boulangerie (Bakery) that will be on your right as you get to the rond-point. You will take the second exit which is marked CHATEAUNEUF de GADAGNE (the first exit says simply CENTRE VILLE and means the center of ST SATURNIN but is not where you want to go); you do not want the CHATEAUNEUF village either as it is beyond ST SATURNIN but this is the direction you will drive for a few blocks. Confusing, right?!?!?! I think they have not finished the signage yet but hopefully they will soon..... You will come to an intersection with a traffic light which
you will continue through and at the next traffic light which is not very
far, make a left turn and you will see the markers pointing you
toward PERNES-LES-FONTAINES. (This is a difficult
sign to see---it will be across the street to the left---and not visible
until you are almost out in the intersection ready to make your turn.
The sign that you can see easily shows Centre Ville to the right
and is the intersection you want--- but remember left turn). You
should now be on D28. You now have a straight stretch for 10 or 15 minutes heading mostly in
an easterly direction past fields, vineyards, wonderful old French mas
and one roundabout. Each time continue in the direction of PERNES
LES FONTAINES. This roundabout will have a large and lovely old stone wall with drawings
on both sides of the road announcing you are in PERNES.
Continue in the same direction until you come to the next and final roundabout
which will have the first exit to your immediate right marked I'Isle
Sur la Sorgue. Turn right toward I'Isle Sur la Sorgue.
You are now on a route marked D938 and again heading in a southerly
direction. You are getting very close..... You will not go very far when you will see on your left a large sign
written on a cinderblock-like wall; CARROSSERIE ABATE, and
on your right a not-too-large cream-colored sign indicating something
about dogs—grooming or something. Just past that will be a sign (on
your right) that says Motocross and across from it (to
your left) is a small country road that turns off D938. You will know
it is the right road because a log cutting business is on the corner on
your right as you turn left. Continue on this road until you come to a canal with a little bridge. Cross the canal and keep going— you will see a couple of nice houses and then you see my neighbor, Madame Pigeot, who has lived there since birth eighty years ago. She, with the help of her son, is still trying to grow a huge vegetable selection to take to the Marche Agricole in Avignon five or six days a week and it is just too much for them to cope with; consequently her property is unlike the meticulous farms so typical of France. She owns just about everything you can see around the area but that seems not to matter---it's about the good ole' cash flow problem. Anyway, I am the next property on the left, marked 1830. Ring the buzzer at the gate and park facing the olive grove in the area directly ahead of you as you drive onto the grounds. Just a reminder that check-in is 4:00 or after unless we have made other arrangements. I will be waiting and watching for you!!!! AND, I'm very excited about having you as guests! TRAVEL SAFELY AND ENJOY!! BON CHANCE!
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