L'Esplan Saint Paul Trois Chateaux

We got to sleep in today and after breakfast headed to the train station to catch a train to Avignon where we were going to meet up with some other friends. Enroute to the train station I realized I had left my sunglasses at the hotel (hence why I purchase cheap ones and thankfully have numerous pairs back home). There was no time to turn around so we continued on in spite of this revelation. When we arrived at the train ...

found a great little town in Provence.. and as they say "when in Rome (Provence)"... we had a great meal in true french restaurant... happy to be away from tourist food... and had some very nice red wine........ just a stopover but a friendly little place and nice hotel...

on the road again...

... the wind to walk across the bridge in the evening to Avignon for dinner. This morning we went on a wine tour (I know, but it is too hard to resist) around the Cotes du Rhone with Phillipe, a very competant and helpful local guide. We ended up at Chateauneuf du Pape drinking wonderful reds which has been a wine hightlight of the trip - the village has the most amazing view of Provence ...

... 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 ...

... made reservations because we saw more than one couple turned away tonight. In fact, when we asked if we needed reservations, the owner said, "Oh yeah!"

Lucy started with the trio of salmon: mousse, tartare and smoked. I had a vegetable terrine with parmesan cheese and tandoori flavor with parmesan cheese ice cream. The tandoori flavor was very subtle and the ice cream was a nice counter point, I thought. Dill ...

Today we stayed close to home in order to see the Palais des Papes, the home of several popes when they took a leave of absence from Rome for a while in the 14th and 15th centuries. It's absolutely enormous and very imposing and impressive from the outside. The inside is not much to look at because fires destroyed many of the frescoes and all of the ornate tapestries and other decorations purchased by the popes are long gone ...

Thursday 6 August

Left Lauterbrunnen early this morning in the quite chilly weather (and got to experience Dean sprint very fast back to the tent in the cold after forgetting his towel for the shower) for our drive back into France to Avignon. Somehow the temperature managed to go up about 100 degrees in between Switzerland and France and so everyone was sweaty and gross by the time we arrived at our very very dusty campsite, all dressed in Winter ...

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 ...

... vertelden dan hun naam, wie ze zijn, wat hun job hier is etc. Wij moesten ons dan ook telkens voorstellen. Het zijn hier allemaal zeer vriendelijke mensen. We hebben vandaag (3/03) een planning gekregen met hoe onze werkweek eruit ziet. We moeten telkens bij een onderdeel van het magazijn gaan staan (receiving, shipping, binning, ..) terwijl men ons wat uitlegt. Men rekent hiervoor telkens 4u, maar om een uur is alles ...