It had been 12 years since I got to visit non-Paris France. Thanks to a festival in the middle of the country, it was an excuse to see a few more bits. Due to limited time, I had to make hard choices on what to go see during only a few days when there actually so many worthwhile things to see.
In the end, I decided to make a push from Geneva to Orange, before spending the night in Lyon. It was a bit difficult because there are multiple days of cool things to see close to Orange, but due to Hadra Trance Festival dates, there wasn't enough time for that.

The trip from Geneva started a bit later than planned due to my being an idiot and dropping one of my 2 phones in the uber to the airpot to pick up the rental car. Thankfully the uber driver was a champ and was able to meet me in town, which sadly wasted over 1h, but it didn't impact the rest of the day too much.

The first stop was la cité du chocolat Valrhona which had a cool museum:

the store did not suck either

Next was the Musée Européen de l'Aviation de Chasse (clickme) by Montélimar:

but sadly I missed the Palace of Sweets and Nougat that was a few minutes away and we went to Orange, next:

Best preserved Romain Theatre in France, still used for shows

Started with a small museum across the street:

Then came time for the theatre, which thankfully closed late (19:30):

And a really nice triumph arch on the way out of town. Is it maybe the oldest one in France?

After that, a 2H drive back north to Lyon for the night.