Bristol Avignon
44 Cours Jean Jaures BP 186 Avignon, Provence, 84000 , France
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24 décembre : Visite aux Baux-de-Provence
... tour aux Baux-de-Provence, où nous nous sommes mariés Sabine et moi il y a déjà 6 et demi. Le temps de ré-apprivoiser la conduite manuelle et de traverser St-Rémy-de-Provence puis les Alpilles et nous sommes rendus à destination. Nous empruntons ce qui sert de rue principale des Baux pour constater de facto que la visite du château sera impossible : le vent doit bien souffler à 100 km/h aujourd’hui. Nous avons à peine franchi quelques pas que nous ...
23 décembre : Préparation du Réveillon
... visiter le boucher de Patricia pour compléter les achats. Pendant que Sabine et Pat sont dans la boucherie, j’en profite pour faire un petit tout du cœur historique du village à la recherche de la maison de Nostradamus. Je ne l’ai pas trouvé mais j’en ai profité pour me balader un peu et profiter du beau ...
Ru-eens
... but that's pretty much all that remains of the backstage structure. As part of the recent restoration efforts, they produced a great video that showed computer-generated graphics overlayed onto the ruins, so that you could see the way it looked in ancient times. It was quite the venue. When the restoration started in the mid 1800s, the site was just a rubble pile (they showed a picture). The most relevant pieces of 'rubble' (like statues) are ...
Sur le Pont d'Avignon
... period during the 14th and 15th century known as the Babylonian Captivity. I am ashamed to admit that I previously had no idea that this period of European history existed or why I should be excited to go see Avignon, but T convinced me (based on his multiple courses of European history!), and now I have learned much.
We navigated in and found a parking garage. Driving/navigating in ancient Roman/French cities is the most terrifying part of the ...
Day 2 with Eric & Pascale
... familiar, just like home, even to the point of their 16 year old coming home drunk and vomiting in the garden!)
Eric, our man with the plan helped us plan our route for the next day and Pascale challenged us to learn french so that by the time they visit us in Perth (we have about 3 years), we won't need our dictionaries or google translate!! Of course we accepted the challenge...
Another late night of good food and company came to a close .......
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