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Nancy and Doug Trips
Nancy and Doug Trips

Nancy and Doug Trips

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
Our lifelong travel bug has given us our most prized ‘possessions’ - the many memories from business and especially family trips.
 “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” もっと詳しく🇨🇦British Columbia
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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Main Street Newbury
    Locks along the River Kennet

    Therme Spa to Newbury

    2023年6月19日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    The next day we went to the Therme spa for a couple of hours before heading on to our last stop: Newbury to visit Highclere Castle: the setting of the Downtown Abbey series. Train travel was smooth and we found Newbury to offer more than Nancy had anticipated; the stream running through the town was very picturesque. We stopped for a drink regretted not eating there as well shortly after our taxi dropped us off at the Carpenter Arms in the countryside and we found the kitchen was closed. This was quite disappointing as Nancy had inquired as to whether the pub was open. In England a pub being open does not mean food is being served; only alcohol. The young man in charge was long on promises but short on follow through. We settled on Pizza delivery for dinner and a check out next day.もっと詳しく

  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Wedding day from Queen Camilla's daughter Laura 2006Harry Potter's parents house, LacockCastle CombeScones and tea at Caron Cooper's Fosse Farmhouse, setting of a hit anime TV series Kinmoza

    Bath Day 3 Putney Bridge and Cotswolds

    2023年6月18日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    After a walk over the Putney bridge (which has cafes on it) we got ready for our tour outside the city. Jan got almost bombed by a seagull and we were to hear how they have become a protected nuisance in the city. Daniel from Insider Tours picked us up at the hotel and we visited Laycock where photography was invented. The Church pictured dates from the 1200s. Queen Camilla’s estate is nearby and she sat in the pew shown when her daughter Laura married here in 2006 with the now King Charles with William and Harry in attendance too. We then took a trip through the countryside to Castle Combe a mill town "frozen in time". Many of these towns are owned by the National Trust and the homes are rented out. The homes typically have stone and slate roofs, and Daniel pointed out spots which had been used as film sets for Doctor Dolittle, Harry Potter and Downtown Abbey.もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    The carving in the temple to MinervaHigh alter in the temple of Sulis MinervaLead messages to Minerva were written and thrown into the springThe goddess MinervaThe Royal TheatreLove the toaster teapot!

    Roman Baths and Royal Theatre

    2023年6月17日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Archeologists have worked on and off at this site since Roman ruins were found in 1727. The Roman level is 12 meters below today's street level. Excellent interpretive museum. The carving in the pediment of the temple to Minerva. The round temple of Minerva; the only structure of this type in Roman Britain. A catwalk and further excavations were done recently under the 18th century pump room where they serve high tea. We were there for over two hours, after this we bought some scones to eat back at the Hotel and Nancy enjoyed a pleasant air conditioned show at the Royal Theatre while Jan caught up on some rest.もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Mike and Kath KingBath AbbeyThe Royal Crescent

    Bath Arrival

    2023年6月15日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    The next day we took the train to Bath via Reading. In retrospect, we made a crazy run to get on the car we were assigned which was at the end of a very long train. We were to learn on our upcoming last trip how much easier it is if you identify yourself as disabled and needing a ramp....they will guide you right to where you need to be! We met Dr Emma King's parents Mike and Kath and had lunch with them at the Royal Hotel. Mike does free tours of Bath as an office guide and used to be a teacher....he gave us a tour and brought along his props as well. We saw the outside of Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent, talked about the symmetry of Georgian (think King George) architecture, heard about how people were taxed according to the number of windows they had (to identify those with more wealth when glass was expensive). Nice dinner at the Royal; room was very hot and unfortunately noisy as there was a music festival on over the weekend we were there.もっと詳しく

  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Tower BridgeThe Tower of London castle, established in 11 th centuryCruise on the River ThamesWestminster AbbeyEnd of day Fish Fry

    London

    2023年6月14日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    We took the Big Bus HoHo which stopped near our accommodation. Pleasant tour through London with much better functioning taped commentary than Toot Bus in Paris. Jan recalled many details about her trip to London with Andrea. We got off at Tower Pier, had lunch and boarded the boat for the cruise down the Thames to Westminster. Nancy was still recovering from cathedral overload so Jan went in and spent 90 minutes there. It seemed a very long HoHo ride back so we got off and walked back; dinner was a good ole English fish fry nearby.もっと詳しく

  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Windsor CastleRoyal timelineSt. George's chapel

    Windsor

    2023年6月14日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    We took the Elizabeth Line (very nice!) from Paddington to Slough, then changed for Windsor. We were fortunate that our room at Goswell House was ready so we dropped our bags, had a quick coffee and made it to our booked entry time at Windsor. Really enjoyed the visit, especially seeing the rebuilt St. George's Hall following a fire in 1992 as you rarely get to see new "replica" construction in old buildings! Unfortunately Jan felt very tired after lunch so was not able to see as much as she would have liked. She enjoyed in particular seeing Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillips final resting places at St. George's chapel; the Queen having being placed there in September 2022.もっと詳しく

  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Paris Gare de Nord to St Pancras Station in 2.5 hours
    Eurotunnel 50 km under the English Channel, the world's longest undersea tunnelPaddington Bear statue near our B+B

    Arrival in London

    2023年6月13日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    We departed Vernon by train to Gare St. Lazare, then found a bus which took us directly to Gare du Nord to catch the Eurostar high speed train to London. Arrived at St. Pancreas station, then taxi to Balmoural House on Sussex Gardens, a pleasant leafy street in the Paddington Station area, This street of townhouses was previously residential now converted to tourist accommodations. The room was fine for us but if you were much larger you'd have difficulty fitting into the shower. Nick met us for dinner at a nearby Italian Restaurant called Bizzarro and we had a pleasant evening.もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Le Petite Train
    Roses et LyCamille and JeanLa Petite Fille en RougeMonet's lily pondMonet's homeDo you see what is in the background? Elusive mailboxes!

    Vernon and Giverney

    2023年6月12日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    After another pleasant chauffeured limo trip from Versailles to Gare de Lazare, we caught the train to Vernon. Nancy had changed the accomodation from Giverny to the the only hotel in Vernon as she could not find a restaurant open in Giverny on the evening of arrival. Unfortunately, the hotel was fully booked with an end of trip social gathering taking place in the bar and patio adjacent to our room and this coupled with the lack of air conditioning made it a less than ideal stay although the breakfast and the restaurant were good. The next day we took the Petite Train to Giverny and the driver was quite a character. Nancy went to exhibit on the children of the Impressionists. Of interest: Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low: Roses et Ly (1897), Claude Monet: Jubilee Sur Toile with son Jean wife Camille, Andre Broullet: La Petite Fille en Rouge and others. We then went to the Monet house and famous lily pond. Thankfully by late afternoon, the bus crowds had left and we pretty much had the place to ourself. Very pleasant and overall Giverny would have proven a pleasant stay with good transportation options into town with a bus and nearby taxi stand.もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Painting of Versailles
    Central building with the clock is the original hunting lodge, the palace grew around itRoyal Chapel at VersaillesHercules RoomYoung Louis XVSulpture of Louis XIV as an emperorThe Mercury Room where the Sun King slept and coffin displayed for eight days.The Hall of MirrorsMarie Antoinette's bedroom at the PalaceMarie and kidsNapoleon crowning JosephineLooking out the window from the Hall of Mirrors toward the Grand CanalVersailles Gardens and Fountains (originally 2,400!)

    Versailles Palace and Gardens

    2023年6月11日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    The next day, we had booked tickets for entry into the Palace at 10 am. The palace was is Baroque throughout; that was the style at the time of the French Revolution in 1789 . Notables were the Hercules Room, the Salon of Abundance with a painting of the Dauphin (young Louis XV) the Venus Room with a sculpture of Louis XIV as emperor, the Mercury Room where he slept. Bed commissioned by King Louis Phillip D Orleans, when the Palace was commissioned as a museum in 1833.もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Where is that entrance?!
    A long walk to get thereThe Trianon - home to Louis XIVs extended family including the Royal Mistress of Maitress-en-titrePetite TrianonKitchen at the Petite TrianonQueens bedchamber at Petite Trianon; redecorated by Marie Antoinette shortly before their departurePortrait of Marie AntoinetteTemple of Love from the bedroom windowLooking toward the Grand Canal at the end of the day

    Versailles Trianon and Petite Trianon

    2023年6月10日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    We had a pleasant trip by chauffered limo to Hotel Lys in Versailles. Then a quick lunch enroute to Versailles. If you only see one European Palace Rick Steves says this is it! The estate is huge: 800 hectares of Palace, country side retreats of Trianon and Petite Trianon connected by waterways with 2400 fountains and extensive gardens. Built by the Sun King Louis XIV (1638-1715, reign 75 years).
    We had planned to get the Petite Train to the Trianon area. Unfortunately the young woman at the gate gave us poor information telling us we were in the wrong place and we walked for at least an hour to get to where the entrance was, later finding out the Petite Train left just inside the main entrance. Once there we got an idea of the country estate that was Marie Antoinette's escape from palace life. Of interest was that the cozy bedroom used by the king, his mistress and Marie Antoinette.    もっと詳しく

  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Seine River Cruise from Pont Neuf
    Musee d'OrsayRaising a family in a big city has challengesPoppiesDance at the Moulin de la GaletteLe BerceauThe Floor ScrapersWoman in an OrchardLes BananasWe had Arles where Van Gogh had painted his bedroom

    Paris Day 6

    2023年6月9日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    We were still keen to do a Seine River cruise and recalled that there was a company that left from Pont Neuf near Notre Dame which we could easily walk to. We took the first cruise of the day....along with about 100 Grade students! So much for the live commentary! Next stop: Musee D'Orsay. Lunch on site and then we focused on the Impressionists and Neo-impressionists. Some highlights: Monet: Poppies, Water Lily, Green Harmony (1899). Renoir: Dance at the Moulin de la Galette (1876). Monet Rue Monorgueil (1878). Berthe Morisot: Le Berceau (1872). Gustavo Caillebotte: The Floor Scrapers (1875). Caillebotte financed and patronized the impressionists and was himself a painter; at the time this painting was rejected by the art society given its depiction of working class folk; Renoir's bourgeoisie were the "proper" subjects of the time. Pissarro: popularized pointillism such as Woman in an Orchard (1887). Van Gogh: Bedroom in Arles and Starry Night Arles (1889). Paul Gauguin: Les Bananas (1891).

    We took Toot Bus back to Paris Opera then a taxi back home. We decided after some debate to have French Soup at Sacre Frenchy; unfortunately they forgot our order and we were pretty fizzled out by the time dinner ended and we tucked into bed for an early start the next day to Versailles.    もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Louis Vitton Store as a canvas
    The LouvreHigh end stores along the Champs ElyseesArc De Triomphe De L'Etoile, commemorating those of the French Revolution and Napoleonic WarsEiffel Tower

    Paris Day 5

    2023年6月8日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    The day started with a walk from our accomodation to the Louvre. We spoke to a Toot Bus rep at the Louvre stop which was well marked and were advised that the day before a dignitary's visit in Paris had disrupted traffic. He reported no traffic jams today so we hopped on the bus with a smooth trip past the Arc de Triomphe to the Eiffel Tour. We shared picture taking with some fellow tourists and then found ourselves having lunch at Aux Cerises. Nancy had salmon and Jan had cheesecake; both were very good. Jan bought a souvenir Eiffel tour for her buffet and we debated whether to go up the tour or do a Seine boat ride. Unfortunately, we lost each other in the crowds and by the time we found each other we were both hot and crabby so we bailed out of any other activities and Toot Bused it home. We noted better signage, more frequent buses and an up to date website for Big Bus Paris and would try the Big Bus in London.もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Traffic Jan at the Place de Concorde
    Saint ChapelleGothic with mediaeval age stained glassRosette window1Definately needing a drink after all those traffic jams!Jan with Notre Dame in the backgroundSeine River and frequent cruise boatsColorful walk back home

    Paris Day 4 Traffic Jams and Notre Dame

    2023年6月7日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    The trip on bus 29 today was uneventful but the Toot Bus did not stop at the location we and others were waiting at. We finally found the Toot Bus stop that was operational and got on; within minutes and we were in a grid lock at Place Concord🙁😤! The commentary told us multiple times about how Marie Antoinette's reign came to an end there. Our increasingly warm bus finally got moving and we got off in the area of Notre Dame as we had booked entry tickets for Sainte Chapelle that afternoon. We had a quick shawarma lunch and saw Lebanese bread being baked over a dome. At the Royal Chapel, we marveled at the 13th century stained glass completed in 1248 to house the "Passions of Christ" including the Crown of Thorns). After a good look around the chapel, we stopped for an aperitif across the street and then sat outside of Notre Dame cathedral and listened to Rick Steves tell us about what it looks like on the inside; it's planned reopening after the fire of 2019 will be in 2024 when the Olympics will be held in Paris. Then we walked home along the lively Rue St. Denis. We realized that we need not have taken the bus to Notre Dame; we were within a 30 minute walk! Moral of the day: don't count on Paris traffic moving!もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Two Sisters in Paris
    One of the remaining covered passages in ParisPalais Garnier the Paris Opera HouseChagall's ceilingView from the top of Galeries Lafayette

    Paris Opera House & Galeries LaFayette

    2023年6月6日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Sunny, 27 degrees C.
    Late start to the day for Nancy and Jan. They saw Doug off to the CGD Airport by hotel transfer, taking with him wonderful memories and half of Nancy and Janet's luggage. A test of compromise, they shrunk their travel essentials down to one carry on plus an overnighter and Jan's walker to make the train travel sans Doug possible. Got on Route 29 bus which picked up right outside our accommodation; but only got less than half way to our destination (Paris Opera House Toot Bus Stop) and we had to get off due to a traffic jam! So change of plan from getting the Hop on Hop off bus and going to the Eiffel Tower. We walked along Rue Etienne Marcel which changes to Rue Petite Champs and there were many Japanese restaurants. Had excellent bento boxes in a restaurant bordering one of the few remaining covered passages. Then we walked to Garnier Opera House, got tickets and saw most of it before closing. It opened in 1875 to great pomp and ceremony and is still home to opera and ballet. We then walked to nearby Galleries Lafayette, a very large and elegant department store to admire the stain glass roof, and have an ice cream and coffee. There was a great view from the terrace at the top and we managed to get Jan and the walker up by escalator. After waiting almost 30 min for a bus that never came, we took a taxi home and dinner in.もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者

    Paris Day2 Around Our Neighborhood

    2023年6月5日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Doug and Nancy started the day by buying some transit tickets, walking the 40 minutes to Gare St. Lazare Station to check the logistics of Janet and Nancy's trip to Versailles and then came back by bus; having bought some groceries along the way. Jan claimed the croissants from nearby Boulangerie Bo and Mie the best she has ever had and she had one every morning we were in Paris! Doug went off on his own and Jan and Nancy spent the afternoon poking around nearby Rue Montorgueil where they bought ravioli and desserts.もっと詳しく

  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Business signs of the "Old Paris", well preserved by the many passages (malls) of the day
    Roman ParisNapoleon Bonaparte

    Musee Carnavalet

    2023年6月4日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    We walked from our Paris apartment which is just at the border of the Marais where this museum is. The Carnavalet documents the history of Paris in chronological order from its prehistoric origins to the present day. It is a vast museum with over 85 exhibition rooms. Nancy and Jan particularly enjoyed the opening collection of cira 1700s business signs, many no doubt well preserved because they were protected within the 200 covered passages in Paris. The desire to preserve the "old Paris" in the 1800s is well appreciated today! The hodgepodge collection showcases everyday objects, models, historical curiosities, decorative art, and fine art. The section on the French Revolution was very informative, showing the events and places around the city that were involved.

    Indeed, whole buildings, storefronts, glamorous period rooms, and art collections are on view, so it’s like a warehouse of small museums, with no end of surprises.

    We enjoyed our first dinner in Paris at Sacre Frenchy kitty corner to our accommodation; very welcoming staff and we all had rotisserie chicken.    もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者

    Travel to Gay Paree

    2023年6月4日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

    Taxi to TGV and another smooth 311 kph trip of 2.75 hours and a taxi to the Apartments du Louvre Marias, a ground floor studio opening on to an internal courtyard just off the busy wide Rue Etienne Marcel. It straddles the 2nd and 3rd arrondissements. Nicely appointed with the most comfortable pull out we've slept on (Doug initially was booked to fly out out the day we left Avignon but accompanied us to Paris).もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Tour Train Avignon
    Palais Des Papes

    Day 43 - Provence Day 3

    2023年6月3日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 19 °C

    Our day exploring Avignon. Morning at the bridge, a tour train for Nancy with the Palais des Papes for Doug. Met back for lunch in the apartment and Doug was off to the museum.

    Avignon is very worth visiting. There is lots to see and do, and many excellent food options in a maze-like old town inside the walls. It is also centrally located for exploring Provence by either train or car.

    OUR TRIP ENDS! Tomorrow we take the train to Paris, than a day later Doug flies home while Nancy and Janet carry on for another couple of weeks as a "Sister Trip"    もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Virgin in Marstya 1310Florence 1270Di Bartolo, siena 1383Caporali, Florence late 15th cBotticelliTommaso Florence c.1500Capacious, La Sainte Conversation

    Musee Petite Palais

    2023年6月3日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    We all met back at the apartment for lunch, then after lunch, Doug was on his own for the Petit Palais museum, one of the leading European museums of medieval art. Set in the former palace of Cardinal Arnaud de Via (died in 1335), nephew of Pope John XXII, which then became the palace of the Archbishop of Avignon, and was renovated in the late 1400’s by the Archbishop Julien de la Rovère who later became Pope Jules II.

    It has a fabulous collection of paintings from the Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance. The Petit Palais museum also displays significant holdings from the Avignon School from the 13th to the 16th centuries and medieval sculptures from the 12th to the 16th centuries, from Avignon and the surrounding area.

    It was an very educational exhibition that showed the rapid development of artistic style from the late Gothic 1300's to the dawn of the Renaissance in 1400.

    Nancy and Jan took a 45 minute "tourist train" through the town and realized just how many interesting and picturesque spots lie in this still walled city, rare in Europe. When the Pope moved to this town of 6000 it became Europe's largest construction zone growing to 25,000. Today 13,000 people live within the walls.    もっと詳しく

  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    The Histopad;'s rendering against the current viewTombs of four popesGreat Audience

    Palais des Papes

    2023年6月3日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Jan and Nancy kept to a leisurely pace on the Pont D'Avingon while Doug booked a noon visit to this Palace which is difficult to access by walker. The building is intact, but mostly barren. There are some surviving frescoes and sculptures, but the visit really comes to life with the use of the "Histopad" that uses tablets to show what each room would look like when it was 'new'.

    When Clement V was elected Pope in 1305, he decided to transfer papal power to Avignon to avoid political unrest in Rome. He built on the foundations of an old Episcopal bishop palace, and the original buildings were expanded in 1334 and 1342. It is the largest medieval palace in the world. Each pope left his mark—the fortified palace has ten towers—and it came to symbolize the mighty influence of the Church. In 1376, Pope Grégoire XI reestablished the Holy See back in Rome, but two years later, upon his death, a new Italian Pope, Urban VI, was elected in Rome while opposing cardinals elected another pope, Clement VII, to rule from Avignon. The palace came to symbolize the rift in the Church called the Western Schism. This “antipope,” Clement VII, encouraged the arts and culture and made many further alterations, but the palace was fading as the centre of Catholic life. By the time antipope Benedict XIII took power in 1394, the church was deeply divided, and he was eventually forced to concede in 1403. The Avignon dynasty came to an end, and the papacy transferred back to Rome. The palace fell into disuse but remained largely intact, and today is a very impressive place to visit.    もっと詳しく

  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者

    Pont d'Avignon

    2023年6月3日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    This is the bridge referred to in the song "Sur le Pont D'Avignon". Pretty site and the Rhone River is peaceful and lovely too. There is a good exhibit on the construction techniques used in the old days to build the bridge.

    In 1177, a young shepherd named Bénézet came down from the mountains of the Ardèche. He said he was sent by God to build a bridge in Avignon. The bridge of Avignon was started in 1177 and was built in only 8 years. 920 metres long, it had 22 arches and measured 4 metres wide. Arles having lost its Roman bridge, that of Avignon became the only place between Lyon and the Mediterranean to cross the Rhône. The city attracted travelers, merchants and manufacturers and quickly developed thanks to the revenue generated by the tolls.

    In 1226, after the terrible siege to which Louis VIII subjected the city, three quarters of the bridge was destroyed. A few years later, despite it being forbidden, the people of Avignon rebuilt it.

    From the 17th century on, the city could no longer bear the costs of the bridge's maintenance and repairs. In 1603, following strong flooding of the Rhône, one arch collapsed, then three others in 1605. Repair work didn't start until1628, interrupted by an epidemic of plague, and the bridge was not usable again until 1633. Two months later, the new arches were swept away by the Rhône, and here it sits today.    もっと詳しく

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    Day 42 Provence Day 2

    2023年6月2日, フランス

    Day dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh on a driving tour south of Avignon.

    We drove from Avignon to Arles, about an hour away. Today travel out into the country quick compared to the day before. Arles is touted as the other main base if you visit Provence but not as cosmopolitan.

    Couple of lovely looking towns we only drove through including Fontvieille and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence that will have to be seen on a future visit!    もっと詳しく

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    St. Paul de Mausole

    2023年6月2日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    We squeezed in one last stop to this Romanesque monastery that was built during the 11th-century in the foothills of the Alpilles mountains and just southwest of Saint-Rémy de Provence. Over the subsequent centuries, the monastery became a psychiatric asylum. The resident monks devoted themselves to treating those who required solace and care from the suffering of dementia. Saint-Paul de Mausole, to this day, continues to be a psychiatric health institution.

    Vincent Van Gogh voluntarily entered Saint-Paul de Mausole Asylum from the city of Arles where he was living. Vincent was only at there for just over a year. From 8 May 1889 until 16 May 1890.

    Drove through Saint-Remy-de-Provence on the way back to Avignon and it looks like a very pretty town worth spending some time in. We had to return the car by 1800h and with traffic jams, just made it at 1758h! The gas station near the rental agency had diesel but believe it or not the nozzle was too big to fit into the fill outlet of the Renault and the station attendant couldn't figure it out either! Always something unexpected! Doug negotiated a €7.50 charge for fuel.    もっと詳しく

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    Carrières des Lumières

    2023年6月2日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    We really enjoyed this. Well worth the $. The masterpieces also are semi animated with some movement. Also impressive to see a quarry where much of the stone in the buildings we see must have come from. This is the only venue for this in Europe although there are others in the world.

    The quarries were dug out over the years to extract the limestone. Masterpieces are projected onto the huge walls, pillars and floors of the quarry. with over a hundred video projectors project images onto more than 7,000 m² of floor space. The current show is called From Vermeer to Van Gogh, the Dutch Masters. This digital creation presents the genius of the Painters of the North with a veritable immersion in authentic painting, close to nature and its subjects.    もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者
    Cathédrale Saint-Trophime
    Cathédrale Saint-TrophimeHôtel de Ville d'ArlesVan Gogh site - Le Café de NuitArènes d'ArlesArènes d'ArlesArènes d'ArlesArènes d'ArlesArènes d'ArlesRoman Theatre of ArlesVan Gogh site - Le Jardin de la Maison de Santé a ArlesAbbaye de Montmajour

    Arles

    2023年6月2日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Rick Steves describes Arles as his favored base although less cosmopolitan than Avignon. Certainly a lot of things to see and we barely touched the surface of possibilities here. Jan got to see a Coliseum up close as she missed out in Rome, this one with a framework of sold blocks rather than brick filled with concrete. We also found a few of the Van Gogh 'spots'

    In the 6th century BC, the Greeks colonized the region. Under the Roman thumb, Arles thrived and surpassed its rival Marseille. Its glory started in the 1st century BC and lasted until the 5th. The town was a hub in the interconnecting land and water ways, a port of importance (then the sea came much closer than it does now) and a center of Provençal culture. After the fall of the Roman empire, Arles languished and declined. The Roman structures fell into disarray, their stones used for Christian churches and monasteries. Today, the Arenes remains, but the theatre is more of a ruin: only two columns remain. In the 12th century Arles had a strong revival, magnificently shown by the church of St Trophime. Its portal is rich in splendid carvings.

    One element of Arles' history is of great interest: Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch painter spent just fifteen, dramatic, months in this town and made 200 paintings here, the locations of some of which are marked with plaques.

    On the outskirts of town is Montmajour Abbey but we only viewed it from outside as accessibility looked limited, and there were many other stops to make today. We did drive through a charming town called Fontveille    もっと詳しく

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  • Nancy and Doug TripsSW Europe 2023旅行者

    Day 41 Provence Day 1

    2023年6月1日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    A driving tour of the Luberon region east of Avignon. Easy driving conditions and so much to see in only 100km: An agricultural region with many farms, orchards, vineyards and roadside produce stands giving way to beautiful scenery in foothills and mountains.

    Left the car in the public lot by the Rhone just outside the city walls and walked back to our apartment.    もっと詳しく

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