Checking in: Vaison

Checking in from Vaison in the Haut Vaucluse, a town that would make at least the quarter finals in the quaint sweepstakes. Earlier today, the remarkable Roman theatre at Orange, which may have something to do with the duc d'Orange, little or nothing to do with duck a l'orange (or is that just a canard oh tee hee), Anyway, Vaison: they've got winding old streets and a medieval fortress quarter; tomorrow we will scope out the Roman ruins.

The local paper says:

MENACE: floods, forest fires, avalanches, earthquakes ... natural risks are numerous in our region.

Do tell? Well, we are on the top floor so I guess we won't get buried. The paper adds that the central government has ordered the prefecture to identify the "eight most important risks" and to "elaborate plans for prevention."

Uh--prevent an earthquake?

Tomorrow, to fresh fields and pilasters new. Customary mindless yapping will resume in about a week.