B&B Avignon 2
Travel Blogs from Le Pontet
Blog 6
... frozen all day. horrible, it was horrible. all i can think about during the entire ride was..... finishing the ride. yuck.
Again, just so you get it, these HEADWINDS are terrible, especially when cycling by yourself as there is no one to share the brunt of the wind with. Today's wind was awful. But just step back to yesterdays ride for a second....to give you an example of what i have been up against. I had planned a 10k or so part of the ride by the ...
Blog 5
... for tourists so i spend some time there. but essentially i just eat, drink coffee (very small coffees, they don't big ones over here), read and sleep or the two days.
I had planned to go to Avignon by train. i bought the train ticket from the machine only to find out that there are engineering works and there is bus replacement service (does this remind anyone of a certain city in the UK) which takes 1hr20 rather than the 30 mins by train. i find this out after ...
Sur le pont davigon!!!
... ecoute Starbuck! oui oui! lol petite coupe de vino moment skype avec mes parents.
Vendredi;go en ville pour visiter Avignon. evidament on va au pont, le classique. lol visite de la vieille ville, promenqde devant le palais des papes, le rocher des doms, rue des teinturiers . on retourne chercher nos packsacs au pont (merci au gens pour les avoir garder!) go au train, direction Montpellier!
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Pont du Gard
On our way to Avignon we stopped to see the famous Pont du Gard. This bridge was part of the aquaduct built in the 1st century AD by the romans to bring water from Uzes to Nimes, about 30 kilometres. The bridge is all that remains of the aquaduct. It was an awesome sight stretching 275 metres and 48 metres high comprising of 3 levels of arches. It was amazing to read about its construction and realise what an incredible engineering feat it ...
Mont Ventoux
... was a colorfoul candy and chocolate shop where I could easily have spent a lot of money but fortunately, I just window shopped there. Vaison-la-Romaine was an old Roman town and we also got to see some of the preserved ruins, too. Not as large or impressive as in Rome, but still pretty neat. After getting back to the campsite, we walked into the little town of Malaucène and browsed the various dinner menus. We settled on a menu that consisted of: flan ...