Ibis Salon de Provence Salon-de-Provence

... rain finally stopped after nearly a week so we were able to enjoy some out of Scooby time!<br> <br>Saturday 7 Nov<br>Forecasted for rain today but it held off until late afternoon which gave me time to replace the washer in the gear box and for Kim to go for a run, which she was hankering for as she had been getting a little cabin fever of late due to the rain and lack of exercise/time outside!

... and instead went out to a great classic Provencal dinner, and got some good wine. But then, we started to see a couple kids in costumes, or rather just kids in sheets. I think one of them had a mask. But on our way back from dinner, we found the bar scene. Mostly it was just people out on a normal Saturday night, but we had to at least go check it out. We were somewhat impressed with the Halloween scene, and probably could ...

... Argh! I tried to get him to go up into the town and explore, but I couldn&#8217;t drag him further than a few blocks - worry that we needed to be back in time&#8230;?!?!<br><br>Finally around 4, they opened the gate so we could drive in. Only to find the ticket office didn&#8217;t open until 6pm. While waiting, we talked with a lovely Frenchcouple who were completely unperturbed at our lack of language ...

... didn&#8217;t even really resist. They knew the status to being &#8217;Roman&#8217; and that it would bring them instant infrastructure, roads, money, etc. <br><br>But enough of all this Roman talk - we&#8217;re in France after all! Italy will come when we set sail tomorrow night. For now we&#8217;re dining on our last few snipits of cheese, provincial bread and aioli sauce.

... 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 ...

... about 10&#8364; on pic 'n' mix...have finally found someone else whose sweet tooth can match up to mine! Then for dinner we had the best meal that I've had since we got here...sausages, new potatoes, and Heinz baked beans. I realise that's sounds awful, as I'm supposed to be integrating into the French way of life, but during dinner I did at least have a bit of a chat with Amy's French landlord (he doesn't like Sarkozy much). Then today I tagged along with Lizzie and ...

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... it's hard not to appreciate this place. The hotel is basic but compared to the hell we stayed in Nimes - it feels like a 5 star hotel! Last night we holed up at a restaurant and we were treated to some jazz as we ate (a rare treat eating out due to the small country's defence budget it costs here!) so we savoured the wine! Unfortunately we ...

... place for huge cultural festival each year (they do MacBeth for example, in the different rooms of the Palais- pics were pretty cool). Everywhere I went there were signs about the famous "Bridge of the Song" and the guidebooks, tourist office and so on insisted that one go- so I went down from the battlements and went. Apparantly, there is a nursery song that is very famous in Europe about Avignon Bridge- built by a saint in the 1200's it was the only bridge on the ...