Arles, France Travel Blogs

Bulls, Bulls, Bulls....
Aug 22, 2007 (29 photos)

... and evening.  My waistline and pocketbook are feeling it.  At times he has joined us and we have been able to hear more about France and get to know him and other times he has left the four of us on our own (the tour group is very small) to get ...

Arles
Aug 10, 2007 (7 photos)

Wow talk about a culture shock. After spending two months in the UK and Ireland, the south of France is a whole other world. After sleeping (for about an hour) in the corner of an airport (we had to be there for 4:30am so we just hung out), flying to ...

More Roman French style
Mar 8, 2004 (6 photos)

... three quarter across bridge. Why? Well, the last quarter had been washed away in a flood and never replaces. As we were in France, we hit a hypermarket, bought loads of wine and cheese, and as it was cold, brass monkey material actually, so we decided to ...

End of the Spanish run
May 31, 2009 (18 photos)

Its only three nights since we left the camp site in Stiges but it already feels like weeks ago, were now back in France making our way towards Italy and into the unknown.  Even though our trip hasn't been laid out in stone we always had the rough plan ...

Meze - Arles
Jul 11, 2007

... let the mission begin....was not really a good time either as most places where having a seista.  Parked up just out of Arles at a mechanic and waiting them for them to reopen.  They didnt speak any English so with a little help from the phrase ...

Arles
May 16, 2008 (15 photos)

... here?? I made my way back to Arles and met up with Hartley and we ended up strolling aimlessly through the streets of Arles. I love the buildings here with there colorful doors and window shutters. The lanes are so narrow as well. I saw a grandmother ...

My Day in Provence
Jun 23, 2009 (2 photos)

... the need to cut off an ear or any other appendage. Traffic-The wind isn’t the only thing in this part of France that’s crazy, the traffic is too.  We went through endless roundabouts, which are a great and efficient invention, but also ...

Arles and Avignon
Sep 27, 2006 (9 photos)

... looked like it should have been refrigerated and not sitting out in direct sun. But apparently that's not a concern in France, because people were buying whole chickens off the rotisserie, sausages dangling from the stand umbrellas, fish from a galvanized ...

Ooo la la, c'est magnifique
May 24, 2007

... At Jeanine's suggestion, our next stop was Arles in Provence, which is where I am now. An old Roman town, Arles feels lik a cross between France, what I imagine Italy to be like, and California, with its laid back sunnines. Today we will visit some of ...

Ancient roman city
Apr 22, 2007 (6 photos)

... musuems had a 50 peice gift from Picasso with some great paintings and some others.    I (Jake) went to Ales,not Arles, for the day to see La Bambouserie.  This is a world renown bamboo nursery with 100+ year old bamboo groves.  It ...

In Van Gogh's footsteps
May 15, 2008 (9 photos)

... St Trophene) which was very beautiful and gothic looking. I love the way the old churches smell like. Very musty and full of incense. Arles used to be colonized by the Romans before the turn of the century. In the middle of the old town is the Roman Arena ...

Arles
May 2, 2009 (2 photos)

It was a very enjoyable and relaxing place to walk around... : )

Mistral, the Wind of Death
Jul 13, 2005 (2 photos)

... and amphitheatre are like the modern day cineplex--there's one in every town and violent spectacles are the main attraction. In France, if you order a sandwich with fries, it's more likely that the fries will come stuffed in the sandwich rather than on ...

Van Gogh and De Niro
Jul 27, 2006

... Other than that our visit was pretty nice...the city itself is cool, though not much unlike most other cities in Southern France. I should mention that while I write this there are 2 Van Gogh paintings hanging on the wall above my monitor...Cafe la Nuit ...

Searching for Van Gogh's Ear
Jul 22, 2006 (33 photos)

... (probably the best ten euro we've spent on the trip thus far) that was given by an American woman from Maine. She came to France in 1969, met her husband, and has been here ever since. I wish I would have asked if a month would have been enough for her. ...

20 mai 2006 : Une saveur d'Italie
May 20, 2006 (12 photos)

... heures 30, on déambule librement dans la cité antique d'Arles, avec son théâtre antique (en restauration, comme le reste de la France), son arène et le bord du Rhône. Après avoir photographié quelques ruines, Sarah et moi, nous trouvons un petit cybercafé arabe où ...

Cher and Gary's trip to France
Sep 19, 2009 (4 photos)

... beach.  Camargue horses are breathtakingly beautiful in the wild.   Unfortunately no photos of characterful and cultural city of Arles because only took the camera out one day - the day we went to The Camargue obviously. 

IN PARIS CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY
Dec 13, 2007 (59 photos)

We are in Paris to celebrate my birthday. We are here to have fun.

Arles, France
Apr 12, 2008 (5 photos)

... are still some intact sites to see. Because we were touring 2 towns in 1 day, we spent only about 3 hours in Arles. Their local market was being held which was much larger and grander than Caracssonne. It included everything from drill bits, art, ...

A Beautifl Day!
Oct 7, 2005 (2 photos)

Wow! Our third sunny day in a row. What a wonderful day we had in Arles! We toured an ancient (90 AD) Roman amphitheatre with trap doors, and a performance theatre, a 12th century cloister, a Provencal folk museum, an art display of an 18th century ...

"Do they really kill the bulls?"
Oct 2, 2007 (3 photos)

... a wealthy planter in Santo Domingo, then fled a slave rebellion and ended up in Philadelphia. The Catholic/Huguenot disputes in France were ugly.  In a famous incident, the Duc de Guise invited 10,000 French Protestants to breakfast, ostensibly to ...

Arles, France
Apr 16, 2009

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MmMm...BBQ...
Jul 15, 2007

... Factory so it was huge.  The inside was amazing.  They actually can say "We have a large house, in the south of France, with a pool and patio where our dog Jazz and cat Tinkerbell can relax in the sun day in and day out."  We swam a ...

That's Bull...fighting...kinda...
Jul 2, 2007

July 2nd, 2007   I got up early today and went for a run.  It was actually a really enjoyable run today.  No idea why but it was really good.  I got ready for class and went to photography.  Same old, same old.  Lunch today ...

I saw dead people...not really, just the tombes...
Jul 3, 2007

July 3rd, 2007   Heck yes, two days of running in a row.  This time I went with Karin and apparently I picked up the pace a bit.  I didn't realize it but, well, good for me.  I finally saw someone else doing a morning jog.  I ...

You want me in a swimsuit?! I just met you...
Jun 16, 2007

June 16th, 2007   Breakfast at the hotel was the same, croissant, bread, cherries, etc.  Every Saturday Arles has a huge street market.  Tons of little tents are set up with clothes, spices, fruits and veggies, soap, and fabric.  It ...

The List
Jul 19, 2007

So here it is.  The list that everyone has been asking for... The answer to "What do you miss the most from home besides your family and friends?" 1-Hugs.  Even though people give kisses here to say hello and goodbye, it's not the same.  ...

School Day, Rule Day
Jun 18, 2007

... she offered to walk with me to class so I wouldn't get lost.  My first class of the summer was Immigrant families in France in the 20th century.  My professors name was Bruno Bourjac and I didn't understand one word he said.  He sat at the ...

Another day, another dollar...on the cutest bag!
Jun 19, 2007

June 19th, 2007                Breakfast as usual.  Class as usual.  Immigration was a little better today.  Still rough, but bearable.  Apparently Marie-Anne talked to ...

A week has felt like a month...
Jun 21, 2007

June 21st, 2007   It's official.  I dropped the class.  I'm in translation and I couldn't be happier.  I now have a class right before and right after lunch.  I would be in the center after lunch anyways working on my computer ...