Ibis - Avignon Sud Hotel (Montfavet)

... 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 ...

... and Rhone. Built in 90 AD it&#8217;s hard to imagine all the events that have taken place in this building. Walking around and around, I tried to imagine it filled with 20 000 screaming fans as gladiators ripped apart animals, but it was hard. From Medieval times to the 1830&#8217;s, it was bricked up and used as a fortified city. 212 housed and 2 churches made their home ...

... was home to Van Gogh&#8217;s most famous time of painting from 1888-1890. <br><br> Shadows on the hills. <br> Sketch the trees and daffodils. <br> Catch the breeze and winter chills.<br> In colours on the snowy linen land. <br><br>I was just thrilled to be in the same place that inspired this painter. To know that I was beneath that same starry starry sky ...

... a short break. I know more Spanish, German, Italian and Turkish than I do French, so I've been finding myself really scrambling to talk here. I reach for phrases and I keep coming up with ones in the wrong language. I probably know a little more French than I think I do, but they are almost all food words. I think Lucy will be taking the linguistic lead on this vacation. I wish I knew for certain when she will arrive. I ...

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... and we both settled down in anticipation of a good meal to help us over our hangovers. When the wurstl arrived I realised the wurstl had happened (that's the only pun I'll do I promise!), I was left wishing I had gone for the trotter option after all. Boiled rubbery sausages and sauerkraut is not a good cure after a night out and what was worse was that everyone else in the entire place seemed to be eating the most spectacular dishes that no matter what ...

... have had a decent bottle of wine every night. Live and learn. Everything else about the trip has been good. 082706 At sea Yes! We are having an at sea day. The itinerary was to cruise to Vienne, then take a bus to Lyon and have a tour of Lyon, rejoining the ship at 6pm. But overnight all river traffic was stopped because of an accident. A jet-ski driver ran into something and they still haven't found his body. Right ...

... and also destroyed by wars and take overs. it is actually a bridge to nowhere now. avignon still has its original walls up and is contained. there are very cool examples of medievil architecture everywhere and they seem to keep it all in great shape. we toured the palace the next day and then left avingnon for paris.... ps there were kitties at our hostel, damn cute ones! i miss my boys!

... include nipples in the manufacture process of mannequins? I mean, I'm sure its been some time, butI'm doing a lot of window shopping these days (as a matter of course rather than choice really) and it occurred to me today that all the female mannequins have rather pronounced nipples on them. I first noticed it on one and then began to pay attention to see if it was a one-off or a recurring motif. And this, really, is so gratifying because it is exactly the kind of heady matter I've ...