More of me in Sablet and surrounds

Today was market day for M and I.  As soon as we got up we headed to Vacqueyras, to what proved to be a pretty small market with very few people.  Settled for a coffee.  The guy working at the cafe was chatty but dismissive until he realised we were neither English nor American, but Australian.  He was immediately animated and curious and stretching his English.
Next to Cairanne, a few kilometres away.  It had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it market, but a very cute old town high up on the hill.
Then on to Orange.  A much bigger town (almost 30,000 people) with a huge market selling fruit and vegetables, clothes, handiworks, meats, cheeses and more.  The meat and cheeses were cooking before our eyes in the close-to-40-degrees weather with no refrigeration.  A really fun market to wander through and look at and smell and people-watch.
Went to the Ancient Theatre in Orange - a 2,000 year old Roman theatre in extremely good condition, with a bizarre audio-visual display recreating various performances in very well-preserved spaces under the seats (built into a hillside).  Very impressive.  Checked out the smallish Orange museum (including an interesting display of photos of Roman ampitheatres around the world - a few of which I've seen and many of which I haven't).
Lunch at A La Maison in Orange.  Great service and food, well-priced, great atmosphere sitting outside in the square.  Very very hot, even under an umbrella.
Headed home to get out of the sun for a while, then a long walk when it started cooling down.