After a first Overnight Stop in Valence we visited Avignon today. A beautiful old Town but quite hard to drive trough the narrow streets and find a parking place. Our next stop will be Montpellier andLue lisää
Awoke to blue skies and milder temperatures. Making the most of it with breakfast on a square surrounded by Christmas stalls and listening to Christmas music.
Found our way to the Popes Palace andLue lisää
Doug and Nancy started the day at the local market where there was a good selection of everything we needed plus. Nancy decided on a local cured sausage and a local olive and anchovy tapenade; theLue lisää
We left Paris this morning and travelled 580km by train, arriving in Avignon just under three hours later. The trains here are very fast, once they leave that is. They are always delayed and it seemsLue lisää
We had a big day trip with Lurleen and our family to Avignon on the bus. It is much bigger than Uzes and has a wall all around it. The palace of the popes is enormous and old. The pope bought theLue lisää
Well it was the centre for a bit, like two hundred years or so. Life for the Pope was a bit (politically) hot in Rome in the 1300s. So what's a Pope to do? Build a new city for yourself and fewLue lisää
Nochmal rauf zum Papstpalast, in die Kathedrale und dann ein Besuch der berühmten Brücke Saint-Bénézet, es gibt so vieles zu bestaunen.
Fahrt auf Autobahn bis Avignon.
Abends Stadt entdecken
Die morgentliche Begrüßung hätte nicht besser sein können, Sonnenschein und blauer Himmel :-). Während Christin das WoMo für unseren nächsten Trip fertig machte, gingen die Kids und ich noch zuLue lisää
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Abbaye Sainte-Catherine d'Avignon
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