Provansa – Le Sentier des Ocres

Če bi lahko za mestece Roussillon še nekako rekli, da je tisto tipično provansalsko mesto, z ozkimi uličicami in simpatičnimi hiškami, pa bi pokrajino le streljaj od mestnega trga bolj težko spravili v kalup Provanse. “Le Sentier des Ocres”, zaplata oranžne zemlje v neposredni bližini Roussilliona, ki so jo in jo še vedno uporabljajo za barvanje fasad svojih hiš, je bila naša prva jutranja postaja na poti iz veličastnega Gordesa do planjave Valensole. In ob tistem kratkem pohajkovanju po tej zanimivi stvaritvi narave sem imel večino časa občutek, kot da se potikam po kanjonih jugozahodnega dela ZDA.

* * *

You can say for the village of Roussillon that it is a typical Provencal village, with narrow streets and cute colourful houses. But for the landscape just a short distance from the village main square, its hard to imagine that you are still in Provence. “Le Sentier des Ocres”, that orange patch of earth in the vicinity of Roussillon, from where they used that orange colour to paint the facades of village houses, was our first morning station on the way from the magnificent Gordes to the plateau of Valensole. But even though that we were traveling around France, I had a feeling that I am not in Europe but in the canyons of the southwestern part of the United States. 🙂