Hotel Alizea Avignon

22nd
As we now needed to be in Barcelona in 5 days to meet Kim's mum it was time to say goodbye to Italy. As the day was overcast and the drive on the autopista easy we just kept on driving (from 8am until 5.30pm) and arrived into Les Acrs in France time for a beer and dinner then bed.

23rd
As we had stayed in a free Aire last night we were able to top up water, clean the toilet and then give Scooby ...

Plan was to stay in Avignon but when we arrived we decided it was too big for us and after driving around the outide of the ramparts of the old city walls - very cool and the main thing we wanted to see - we made our way onwards to Fontaine de Vaucluse which is 20kms past Avignon. We arrived just before dark and found an Aire de Service at the edge of town where settled in for 2 days. The town ...

... the security of this fortress. Brian scoped out several indents where floor beams had been inserted, and hinges for doors had been drilled, as well as a fireplace opening. After the 1830’s it’s been used for local bull-fights and has been undergoing extensive renovations. Sandblasters pierced our ears and evidence of new stone was everywhere. Part of me was sad to ...

... not know how.
Perhaps they’ll listen now.

But what a sad story of a man impassioned by his art, yet rejected by all around him. To the point where only his brother befriended and supported him. Only selling 2 paintings during a lifetime, and even those that are given away ended up on hen-house doors and shot up by young passersby ...

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.

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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... On to Les Baux de Provence - another stunning hilltop medieval village in the Alpilles, again we had an hour to just wander through the streets & shops, very crowded & rather touristy. Last stop at Pont du Gard - amazing Roman aqueduct, easy walk from one side of river to the other over lower level. Returned to Avignon around 7pm, time for a quick shower then dinner at Le Brigadier du Theatre - very good.

... station. We struck up a conversation. He's towing a massive wooden homemade trailor behind him. Says he only does 20 km a day because he has to walk it all. I ask him if his bike is broken. He says no, it works fine, but he has to walk otherwise his goat can't keep up. He's headed to France. With his goat. Why France?, I ask. Why not? He says. Why the goat? I ask. He looks at me like I'm stupid. I change the subject. Once into France the terrain soon became much more tame. A ...

On the way from Barcelona, we stopped off in Figures, Spain to see the Dali museum. The man was on a lot of drugs, but his artwork is amazing. It's funny to read about all the things in his childhood that influenced his art: ants eating a piece of bread (viewing things through holes), a chest of drawers (mimicked in items ...