La Ferme De Gigognan Avignon

22nd
As we now needed to be in Barcelona in 5 days to meet Kim's mum it was time to say goodbye to Italy. As the day was overcast and the drive on the autopista easy we just kept on driving (from 8am until 5.30pm) and arrived into Les Acrs in France time for a beer and dinner then bed.

23rd
As we had stayed in a free Aire last night we were able to top up water, clean the toilet and then give Scooby ...

Plan was to stay in Avignon but when we arrived we decided it was too big for us and after driving around the outide of the ramparts of the old city walls - very cool and the main thing we wanted to see - we made our way onwards to Fontaine de Vaucluse which is 20kms past Avignon. We arrived just before dark and found an Aire de Service at the edge of town where settled in for 2 days. The town ...

... didn’t even really resist. They knew the status to being ’Roman’ and that it would bring them instant infrastructure, roads, money, etc.

But enough of all this Roman talk - we’re in France after all! Italy will come when we set sail tomorrow night. For now we’re dining on our last few snipits of cheese, provincial bread and aioli sauce.

... million pound sterling images that were worthless when Vincent was alive.

Now I think I know, what you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity, and how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they’re not listening still.
Perhaps they never will.

~ written by Don Mclean, sung by Josh Groban

... it out and I found it to be quite good. Erin got a Black Currant Vodka and liked it a lot as well. The appetizer that Erin got was incredible - Feta Cheese, Onions, olive oil, and herbs, all heated up and melted together served with a baguette. Yummy! We got the pris fixe dinner, Erin getting a chicken dish which was awesome and I got a 4 cheese pizza with Roquefort in the mix. I figured I had to give that a whirl. It was very good as well. He ...

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... There is a Roman theater and arena (amphitheater). We got a great tour by Janice form Maine. She told us all about the history of the town, especially when Vincent Van Gogh stayed there for a few years, the most productive period of his life, painting 300 paintings. Because no one in Arles really liked his paintings when he was there (because they thought he was crazy for cutting off his ear) they don't have any of his original paintings, but they do have ...

... place but nice and we saw the famous bridge there as well as the Palais des Papes which was pretty impressive. Wednesday marked a major change in the weather here so it was a bit tougher doing the "tourist" thing. All of a sudden we have gone from around 20 degrees to near 35 degress today and yesterday so we have again been lucky in seeing sights in easy conditions. The change in temp fitted perfectly with our plan to spend the last couple of days here ...

... day, we wandered the cobbled streets up to the castle, and climbed up past the church to the gardens, from where there is a great view of the area. The town is still partially enclosed by this really old wall that I suppose was the original fortifications. The castle itself is more like a fortress with little arrow slit windows and thick walls. The whole place had a great atmosphere, walking back from the ...

... station where we'd rented it, and fortunately didn't have to deal with any of the damage on it at the time (but now we're grappling with bad insurance guys, wishing we'd just taken the darn collision insurance...arggh). The TGV station in Avignon is very cool -- clean and modern and airy. But you do have to pay a euro to the cleaning woman if you need to use the bathroom there. A better deal, if you can hold it, is to ...