ETAP Hotel Avignon

... over 1.5 million tourists each year as it is the source of a natural spring. It's wierd seeing a fast flowing river and then walking 50 metres "upstream" and there only being a trickle.. and then a bit further and no water... nothing but a big cliff straight up! <br><br>The town itself is nestled in a valley and is particularly pretty at dusk when rocks take on the colours of the sunset ...

... than the amphitheater, it was a semi-circular shape and only seated 10 000. Not much remains but 2 columns, 6 bits of columns, and piles and piles of rubble with fantastic carvings on them. It&#8217;s amazing to think of a nation who worked so ***********quer other lands. And not just conquer, but build amazing structures, theaters, coliseums, walls, and aqua-ducts. And other ...

... add details, and as Vincent so skillfully did: show movement and texture with brush strokes. As I photographer, I must only capture what is there. Although I can make some minute adjustments, it&#8217;s reality. So many times I wish a tree would just move to the left, the shadow would fall differently, or that a person would get out of the way! In the few ...

so today we arrived in Avignon (where I lived for 6 months when i was at university). I kept pointing out all the new arrivals and shops and Jason so kindly reminded me that they had 15 years to just 'pop up' so maybe they weren't that new after all. <br><br>had a very yummy dinner at a resto called New Ground (but typical french service). Tomorrow we need to fix the rear break light in the car (very nicely pointed out by a ...

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... too tame. One learns a lot about oneself on a trip like this. Of late, I've learned this: I'm not a beach guy. I like the idea of the beach but I can't bring myself to enjoy it. I don't like packing an extra five pounds of sand in my gear. I don't like headwinds. I don't like sitting around doing nothing, which is pretty much what one does on the beach. I'm like a meth addict. I always have to be doing something, and lately that something has been given'r on my bike. So I had a ...

This is my first 'blogging' expereince but I am no stranger to waffling on and on about my travels to whoever will listen to me so I have pasted in a letter I wrote from a trip in Europe last year. Hopefully this will whet your appitite for more to come when our Round the World Tour begins in June 2009....watch this space!! Hello all, It certainly feels surreal to be sitting in the comfort of my own home with unpacked debris all around me to write you this ...

WEDNESDAY, 14th June Lots of cereals and soft bread rolls for a change. It was an extra this time but worth it. Off about 9am and headed for Avignon et Le Pont de. 70 km of highway. Nothing terribly exciting. Nice rolling hills to start with. Not a lot of lavender I'm afraid much to Anne's dismay. I think we are out of season. Lots of grapevines though. Acres and acres of them in fact...but we'll talk about them later. And cherries. Trees full of fruit. At least we are in the ...