As I promised yesterday, I have restarted a chronicle of my French escapade with my mom.
After leaving behind the dynamic backdrop of Sisteron, we headed to our next destination, Lyon, which was about 260km away.

As you can see from the satellite map, the area we drove through was very close to French Alps and the landscape was mainly occupied by forests and boulders.


At Laragne-Montéglin, we came across this…

The area was famous for their delicious apples – Vita-Pom, Saint Pétrus and Altess. Mum and I were especially cheered by the apple because our hometown, Nagano, was also famous for being one of the largest producers of the fruit too. ‘I would have love to taste their apples if the season was right!’, mum uttered.
We also agreed their apple tree blossoming must have been a beautiful sight to behold.

At Monestier-de-Clermont, we took A51 and sped towards Lyon…