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Avignon
Aug 12, 2007
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"Avignon could keep you busy for quite some time. It is consumed by history and culture, packed with countless museums, and surrounded by 14th century ramparts that once protected i ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
meganandkevin
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Groovy little town of the medieval Popes
Jun 16, 2006
(28 photos)
"If you have read my entries from Rhodes (Greece) and Valletta (Malta), you might be familiar with the name Avignon - a French city of great power in the middle ages and one of the ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
technotrekker
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France rocks!
Aug 14, 2004
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"Sometime in the 13th century, the powerful Count of Sabran sought to strengthen control over his territory in southern France by fortifying the castle atop the hill overlooking the ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
jill_and_andy
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All castled out
Aug 16, 2005
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"Lovely spot. Met some good people. Bit over the castle thing though. ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
kombipower
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Tolouse to Avignon
May 23, 2008
"In the morning I met up with Tania, we loaded the car and were on our way. Spent most of the day driving to Avignon, and after a quick drive around the city centre, settled into th ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
supersazza
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Nimes and Avignon
Jun 28, 2005
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"I travelled through the pretty spectacular Costa Brava from Barcelona to arrive in the heat of Nimes in southern France. Nimes was one of the nicest little cities I have visted. It ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
constantinople
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Popieziaus miestas
Jul 23, 2007
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"Sekantis pagal mūsų planą - Avinjonas (Avignon). Kadangi nuo Oranz iki jo tik mazdaug 30 kilometrų, savo tarpinį tikslą pasiekėm gana greitai. Mi ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
kankel
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Sur le pont d'Avignon
May 26, 2006
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"After going back to Lyon I headed to Avignon. The town is your stereotypical French town, old buildings (unharmed by either war), intricate cathedrals, intimate parks and, of cours ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
marg85
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the bridge to nowhere
Sep 24, 2007
"kiks and i waited on a broken down train for an hour before finally making it to avignon france- a tiny little medieval town that was home to several popes back in the 13th an ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
parkersisters
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Athens to Provence
Sep 19, 2005
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"Hi all Welcome back We left the Islands on Wednesday and headed for Athens,- Nice ferry ride (it costs 1 Euro to upgrade to non- smoking airline type seats and believe me it is wor ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
campbellsabroad
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the recap
Nov 5, 2006
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"Errff -- I can't remember which town I wrote about last time. Guess that's the trouble with doing most of your travel writing once you're actually home from your trip! On the other ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
toby0
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Disappointed Hotel Owner
Jul 28, 2005
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"We arrived in Avignon early in the morning and decided to share a room near the train station instead of going to the only hostel in town which is away from the center. We found a ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
jjwong
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Au Revoir, la France!
Jul 10, 2006
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"Salut!!! It is so frustrating that I have not been able to update my blog for you! Anyway, Mom and I are currently on the TGV to Paris...my final goodbye to the city of light! On S ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
guilerkj
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french festivities
Jul 10, 2008
"mood: medievil Leaving Nice we drove along the waterfront for a while, it was very beachy with the palm-lined boulevards and bike riders and rollerbladers zipping along the wide pa ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
lovin_apples
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Day Trip to Avignon
Oct 23, 2005
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"After training all day from Madrid to Barcelona, and Barcelona to Montpellier, we spend a night in the shady town, before taking a day trip to Avignon. We visit the Palace of Popes ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
fiseb
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Avignon - France
Sep 17, 2005
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"We travelled all day and arrived at Avignon in the South of France in the afternoon. Avignon is a gorgeous city, surrounded by walls and with a palace and cathedral in the center. ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
kimba
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Avignon, post-visit
Jun 5, 2006
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"This post is a 'post-visit' entry since we didn't have internet access at Le Ferme, that's "the farm" fer you non France speak'n folk. The hotel was nice, very quiet with great mea ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
trentp
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Avignon Theatre Festival
Jul 13, 2008
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"We stopped by Avignon on the way from the Provence back to the Mediterranean Sea. Lucky for us, they were in the middle of their annual theater festival, which meant there we ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
wavegirl77
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New Year's in Avignon
Dec 28, 2003
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"We had a week to spare before continuing our skiing in eastern France, so we decided to take our host in Andorra's advice and head to Avignon for a few nights. A few hours east of ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
a_schafs
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France
Jul 7, 2008
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"AVIGNON We decided to head for Avignon and stayed at a couple of places along the way. The scenery continued to change every hour from mountains to green fields to deep valleys and ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
caroladele
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Hasties entry cause im to lazy
Jul 31, 2006
"Click here for satellite map Hide lines Reference map So left the Alps and headed down to Avignon for the night as it was the easiest way to get to our next stop Barcelona. There w ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
drewap
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Avingnon and Chateauneuf Du Pape
Nov 4, 2007
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"We used Avignon as the jumping off point for a journey through the Provence wine region. This whole area was as beautiful as everyone had told us. We rented a car for 1 day and dro ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
joelandes
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back again
Sep 17, 2005
"have to update later - they charge by the minute here! ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
nzaussie
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Provence
Jul 5, 2005
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"Ah Provence... Its what many people think of when they imagine the French countryside. Especially when they think of the countryside in south of France, which works out well for Pr ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
dfdippel
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Avignon and beautiful Provence
Jul 6, 2005
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"July 5 We had a short bus ride today, arriving in Avignon just about noon. Avignon is a beautiful, small city -- perfect for walking and enjoying the history. Avignon was a Papal c ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
travelbrooks
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Au Revoir Paris - Headed for Provence!
Jun 12, 2007
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"Hello all: Au Revoir to Paris and Bon Jour to Avignon! Our wake up call was an early 5:00am and we packed quickly and caught our taxi for the Gare Lyon train station to catch our 7 ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
rlineurope
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Orange and Avignon
May 20, 2005
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"We're really in the south of france now! Spent the day looking at bits of Roman doodaas. Amph-itheatre, triumphal arch etc. Prize for the largest Roman remnant goes to the aquaduct ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
chrisandpaula
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Avignon
Aug 28, 2005
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"We spent 3 lovely days in Avignon. It is a very romantic old town, which was completely fortified back in the day and the big stone wall still surrounds the city and the old castle ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
johnandcandice
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Moving down South.... to Avignon....
Jun 11, 2007
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"Paris to Avignon Beyond Avignon it was my idea to not have any accommodation planned - and so I guess the risk was mine. :) Given it was the shoulder season, I thought that it woul ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
andoandbridget
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A blusterous bridge
Sep 17, 2005
"So ... Avignon. Not really all that interesting - it is a big walled city. To get there we did have to cross this bridge that had a wind that was so strong that people were almost ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
kins
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Sing us a song, Mr Piano Man
Apr 3, 2006
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"The food on tour is fantastic. I don't know how Bradlina (Brad) does it. On drive days we have a quick cereal and toast breakfast but on sightseeing days we get a cooked breakfast. ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
tokyo_cate
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Sur le Pont d"Avignon
May 6, 2004
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"Our next stop is the city of Avignon, famed for the children's song "sur le pont d'Avignon" http://www.phespirit.info/places/1998_05_avignon_1.htm. And the fact that for a few year ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
mmbcross
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Festival and Weirdos
Jul 30, 2006
"So left the Alps and headed down to Avignon for the night as it was the easiest way to get to our next stop Barcelona. There was a big festival on when we got there so hit the bars ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
hastie
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Avignon, France
Apr 10, 2008
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"Arrived at Avignon (population 90,000) and were greeted with sunny skies and another walled city. We stayed within the walls of old Avignon which houses a population of 13,000. We ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
travelmenu
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Found the Sun in Avignon!
Oct 5, 2005
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"The old city centre is contained by high walls and has been inhabited since neolithic times when it was Roman, and an important trading centre in the 12th Century. Its famous bridg ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
noalarmclocks
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Pont D'Avignon
Nov 24, 2004
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"We arrived in Avignon early afternoon and after finding our hostel we had to wait around for 3 hours because we weren't allowed to check in til after 5pm. No matter though as the h ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
leecej
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Fortress by night
Oct 16, 2007
"it took us quite awhile to get to Avignon. after a train connection on the border of Spain and France (they actually checked out passport!) we finally got to Avignon around 7:30 P. ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
bradentaylor84
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July 28
Jul 28, 2006
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"July 28 (Audrye) Heat, heat, heat, it seems to follow us around wherever we go. We were able to escape it for the night since to room was air conditioned but the moment we stepped ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
tucker
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Avignon - Roman stuff
Oct 20, 2007
"Drove from Montpellier to Avignon and had a look around this whacky town. The entire historical center of the town is surrounded by 14th century walls, but a lot of the other ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
mbackho
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Into France
Oct 24, 2002
"Having drove like the wind for a hours and slept at the side of a motorway!!! We made it to the beautiful town of Avignon and stood sur le pont! Bought some food, got introduced to ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
rachels
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Caromb, Provence
Jun 16, 2008
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"So there wont be too much in this one, but mainly a few photos of where we are and the area around. We went for a drive yesterday around part of the Vaucluse area which is an area ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
petersen
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lavender
Jul 3, 2005
"ello ello ello /french-accent france has been great so far except for this silly keyboard with the keys in th wrong spot... >:| On our second day in Nice (which was nice ;) ) we we ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
loux2
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Lyon to French Riveria via Avignon
May 8, 2007
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"Lyon Unfortunately due to the cold and drizzle, our sightseeing of the city was pretty half-hearted. Very pretty though, sandwiched between two rivers with similar architectu ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
jojoanna
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La mort sur une motocyclette
Feb 15, 2008
"Today was a hard day and one that is difficult for me to remember since most of the time I don't want to. The day started out fine. We all woke a bit slow since we had ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
schritz
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Provence
Mar 7, 2006
"Another school trip...this time to Provence. We'd been studying a variety of French art, and our teachers decided that it was a great idea to take us to Provence where so many Fren ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
jessica_cdn
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Avignon
Jun 27, 2001
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"Avignon was a trip to visit Mr. Pierre Scerri who built the 1/3 scale Ferrari 312PB race car model. check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Scerri we saw the Pope's ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
nanoguy
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l'imposture
Dec 11, 2005
"Tant qu etre dans le coin je suis aller a avignon. Pfff le pont d'avignon, ché pas pourquoi ya une chanson sur ce pont. D'ailleur c'est meme pas un pont c'est la moitié d'un pont. ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
mari87
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Goodbye to the tank
Dec 4, 2006
"Following the guide books advice we headed to Arles, an ancient walled Roman town. Again getting lost in the chaos that is the French roads we finally made it only to discover that ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
gointravelin
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Avignon
Oct 27, 2006
" We were excited about the prospect of trying a sleeper train; they are cheap (er), slower and have special reclining chairs that are supposed to facilitate ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
beyond
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Train to Avignon
Apr 20, 2008
"Picked up by Francesco Fontana for the Drive to Isle Sur la Sorgue and 6 days of painting ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
ilikechintz
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Sur le pont de
Sep 8, 1998
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"On the way from Barcelona, we stopped off in Figures, Spain to see the Dali museum. The man was on a lot of drugs, but his artwork is amazing. It's funny to read about ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
woody0198
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Off to Avignon
May 23, 2007
"Spent two days in Avignon hitting the sites. The city is beautiful with castles and palaces! If I ever find time I will post pics! I have been having trouble with ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
eurokevin2007
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A quick stop in Southern France
May 30, 2008
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"We got up VERY early (5:15 am), got ready and caught our EARLY (6:16 am) train to Genova. From there we connected in Ventimiglia and Antibes before arriving in Avignon in the ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
josh.lambden
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Avignon
Mar 9, 2007
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"During the journey back to Liberec we've stopped in Avignon to visit the Pope's Palace and the famous bridge there. ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
tom.martinec
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Avignon
Apr 7, 2006
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"Sur le pont, D'Avignon on y a danse on y a danse. . . My french might not be correct but yep, this is the city that song came from. Who knew? Another pretty little fortress town. T ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
cece
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Bilan
Apr 22, 2007
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"Retour au bercail, le WE au travail a été long. Heuresement, j'avais prévenu le stagiaire de ne pas trop compter sur moi, ce deux jours là, et on a beaucoup discuté de mon voyage, ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
purplevelvet
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Theatre festival
Jul 7, 2007
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"We woke up at half past six. Drove a car half an hour to another place - somewhere close to the sea. From there we were going to take the bus to Avignon, the trip there was arrange ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
sunrisesolo
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Popes, a Bridge, a Nursery Rhyme
Jul 11, 2007
"Leaving behind the French Riviera early in the morning we headed for Provence, our first stop being Avignon. This village town was once home to the Papal Palace. In 1309, when a Fr ..."
A travel blog entry from Avignon by
ksunderhill
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More Popeage
Jul 31, 2006
"So we are headed in the direction of Paris and making a stopover in Avignon; a charming little city on the Rhone River. It has a complete medeival wall around it, a former palace o ..."
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