Ibis - Avignon Sud Hotel (Montfavet)

... 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 ...

We have enjoyed many good meals in France, but two stand out from the vast number in restaurants that tend to offer a menu with generic dishes (well prepared though), rather than distinctive cuisine. This could relate to our budget of course.

Nimes
We arrived in Nimes in the late afternoon and booked into the Hotel des Tuileries, a lovely hotel in the old part of town very close to the Arena. The host, Andrew, recommended a ...

... and i haven't been in touch, but i'm here now.....i think i will just need to have jason drive me there before i loose my nerve....

so i was told at dinner that the ******* had plateaued off today as i did not feed him any salad. i think thats a bit of a misnomer, as plateau seems to imply level off to normal levels, but in this case, its like level off at 80% instead of 120%. so basically, i am destined to a life ...

... as the theater began, there were all sorts of different kinds of performances, including classical Greek plays. Apparently by the end they were reduced mostly to performing mime, which I'm sure had to have something to do with the fall of the Empire.

Across the street from the theater is a museum that houses bits and pieces from the theater and the town that have been unearthed and are being protected from the elements. It also housed ...

Believe me you don't want the story but here are a few photos and videos of what was a wonderful adventure for the most part.

The bull running was a random and free event - just next to lovely beach. Camargue horses are breathtakingly beautiful in the wild.

Unfortunately no photos of characterful and cultural city of Arles because only took the camera out one day - the day we went to The Camargue obviously.

On September 10 we decided to hire a car and drive from Avignon to Nice, via the provincial, country France we imagined existed. Hiring a car at the last minute was a little more complicated than we thought and we had to pick the car up in Marseille. No prob, we were sure Marseille would be a beautiful seaside town.

Mmmm, well we arrived in Marseille and found our car and we thought we would go and see the port in Marseille and set the trusty tom-tom (GPS ...

... The next morning we had a nerve-wracking journey to Croatia aware of the fact that there was only one route we could take with 3 connections, 2 minute transfer times and on the last valid day of our train tickets. Of course we were thinking of this in terms of London trains and this was a different kettle of fish! In actual fact our train was just two carriages and at the stations where we had to transfer there was one track in the middle of nowhere and ...

... river, so it was only a short stroll to the heart of the town. Our room though, it stunk so badly when we walked in, and when we opened the windows it was 10 times worse. It smelt like sulfur, like the pools in Rotorua, so we think it was the septic system. It was pretty rank!!! Every year from July to August Avignon hosts the biggest festival in France, aptly named the Avignon Festival, which started out as theatrical performances back ...

... njihovu predstavu. jednima je mozda i uspjelo, idemo gledati jazz komicare ili tako nesto. razvijanje holge je sest i pol eura. sest i pol!! taman posla. na kornatima potresi i pozari. malo me to uznemiruje, ali obitelj barem ima ne-monotono ljeto. pusa obitelji. idemo sad na predstavu, sutra na pont du gard, preksutra u arles. jos samo da nadjemo vremena za nature et découvertes...(i H&M, vice Maja :)) za sada bisous i do uskoro!

... t care. The guy the next morning didn´t ask to see it when I made the reservation but this guy really needed to see it. Whatever. So I went to Nimes after spending one night with my own shower and a TV with CNN (gripping, really gripping). Nimes was really cool. It is a small town with a few Roman sites. They have a really well preserved ampitheater but if I went back I wouldn´t bother paying to get in. In the fall they put this stupid cover over it so ...