All flamingoed-out we left The Camargue headed for Avignon, stopping off at Arles for a coffee stop - bet you didn't know that this is where Vincent Van Gogh lost his ear?!  We are in Avignon now, an immaculately preserved medieval town, the oldest town in France, dating back to 2000BC.  What a lovely place, it is completely surrounded...

Our last morning in Avignon before we headed back to Paris...

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. It was home to a number of popes over a 70year period, i cant quite remember in what century. The popes came there because they were afraid of being assassinated in Ro...