De Blauvac Avignon

Some of our favorite sites were in Avignon. The Palais des Pape from the 1300's was incredible.

Staying in a 16th century abbey was a great experience and the food was fantastic.

We will never forget our driving experience out to St. Ramon De Malegarde through the miles of vineyards, lavendar & olive trees. It was beautiful...

We have had a wonderful visit in Avignon. The hotel was built in the 16th century as a monastery and they have made it into a great place to stay. We have not found a piece of bread, chocolate, desert or plate of food we have not loved!

Exploring the Palais des Pape was incredible. You feel young when you are exploring buildings from t...

Kathy & Ron,

We had a great drive out to your house. Chilly there in Provence, but it was a fun trip once
I got used to the car and settled in driving on the highway. Marie and I took your
recommendation and stopped at a winery in Chateaunurf de Pape. We brought a couple of
great bottles. (We would of bought more if w...

After we left the Fontaine de Vaucluse the bus took us to Avignon. Avignon is gorgeous! It's a midevil city, so there is a stone wall that encloses it. It's surounded by the Rhone river, so it's kind of like an island in the river. What is notable about Avignon, besides the famous song about its bridge, is the Papel Palace or Palaces des Papes....

We got to sleep in today and after breakfast headed to the train station to catch a train to Avignon where we were going to meet up with some other friends. Enroute to the train station I realized I had left my sunglasses at the hotel (hence why I purchase cheap ones and thankfully have numerous pairs back home). There was no time to turn around...

We arrived quite late, well it was dark at least but found the campsite easily. It was the cheapest one so far but the toilet block left a lot to be desired! Ugh... they didn't seem dirty, just smelt really ***** and gross! We had our yummy risotto minus most of our French bread that I was so looking forward to. A certain someone had gotten nute...

Saturday 25th: train to Avignon from Guingamp took all day; did a walk around the old town and saw the famous Pont d'Avignon and Palace of the Popes. 

Avignon was bucketing it down with rain when we woke in our tiny hotel room the next morning. We had to get out. This being France on a Sunday however meant that it wasn't very easy - t...

Hi all Sorry for the delay in posting this blog time has flown by. We left Antibes after a very happy time exploring the French Riviera and headed into the mountains again first stop was Grasse on a hill top the town is famous for its perfume manufacturing, as they don't do one like Castrol R40 it was a drive through. When we were in Bavaria Ire...

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 would be low-ish risk around accommodation. So, it was off to the train station and to another engineering marvel - the TGV. If I had thought the Eurostar was fast, this w...

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, j'ai réussi à ne pas m'endormir à l'accueil ( et puis le dimanche, c'est peinard, il y a rarement des clients avant 11h00/ midi). Donc, bilan global: je suis enchantée...