Hotel L'Univers Carpentras

... 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!

The town itself is nestled in a valley and is particularly pretty at dusk when rocks take on the colours of the sunset ...

... to our room, we took off in search of some wine and snacks as we needed something to calm us after all the trials of arriving in Avignon. After our 1st glass, we saw our fellow taxicab line patrons file in for a drink as well. We then walked around the small city and took in the sights. It was nice, but it wasn´t Nice.

Later that evening we met up with our friends and enjoyed plenty of wine and a relaxing dinner.

... came down near us but we were lucky and just got debris on us. But enough whining about the weather.
Avignon is extremely beautiful and we have a lovely view at night of all the castle etc all lit up as we are camped on a sort of island in the Rhone. We arrived yesterday and explored the town and went to the Popes palace which is the best preserved castle of its age in France. We then ...

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 ...

... We stopped at a pharmacy to buy Lucy some chocolate and I found the anti-wrinkle cream that Consumer Reports gave top marks and is only available in France. I should be gorgeous again in about 12 weeks.

We bought dinner in Avignon square that houses the Sunday flea market. Lucy and I both had the Carmargue salad. It is named for the cattle ranching region of France, which makes me curious as to why it has no beef at all, but includes ...

... where we were or where we were headed. About to give up and go home we FINALLY stumbled across a very dodgy looking little store with a room of computers upstairs. We were all very excited... until realising that the keyboards overseas are not the same as they are back home. You write two sentences with all your a's now s's and all your t's now r's and you just give up. So this is where I apologize for being slack with emails whilst away given the ...

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2009年7月27日
$ 335;线：Lyon(法ࢲ 9;里昂) -> 高速+国道 -> Cavaillon(普罗旺Ą 31;地区小镇) -> Avignon

中午过 后我们来到 ;了香瓜之໭ 5;Cavaillon,住下了 5292;在附 ...

... with plans of studying art at Grinnell College (a private liberal arts college in Iowa) and Michaela, 13 years old who was going to be an eighth grader in the fall. Both Christopher and his mother had previously biked from Prague to Budapest on another active vacation. Michaela was into track and field as well. The last person on the trip was Jerry, a urologist from Barbados, who was spending less time in medical practice but more time in the real estate business. As ...

... creatures emerged from the craft, they appeared to be friendly People make me suspicious. Like the well-dressed man all too eager To get started I left the house quickly but didn't realize that I had left the refrigerator Will be delivered Wednesday between eight o'clock and four Times in my life this has happened. The last time Was invented by the Swiss so that they could sell us all clocks. The ...