Le Camp Long Chambres d'hotes Provence

Plan was to stay in Avignon but when we arrived we decided it was too big for us and after driving around the outide of the ramparts of the old city walls - very cool and the main thing we wanted to see - we made our way onwards to Fontaine de Vaucluse which is 20kms past Avignon. We arrived just before dark and found an Aire de Service at the edge of town where settled in for 2 days. The town ...

... we looked at the departure list and were unable to find a train listed for Avignon. We then learned that there were FIVE train stations in NIce! We then made the wise decision to get into the somewhat lengthy ticket line (we already had tickets via the web) to try and ascertain where our train was departing.

Thankfully we learned that our train was one of the ones listed under Paris at this train station ...

... 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 ...

... It is also hard to appreciate in its current condition which is wrapped up in scaffolding. Lunch was at a small shop that served Chinese food where I had a cellophane noodle soup with mushrooms and chicken. Lucy had rice and shrimp.

The Orange-Chateauneuf combo did not take as long as we expected so we made for Carpentras. It had 2 stars in the guidebook and was pretty close, so why not? We were too late to go in anywhere, but we saw an ...

... a Picasso viewing. The combination of the music, the images, and being INSIDE a mountain was incredible.







We also spent a day in Aix-en-Provence, a larger vibrant city. We enjoyed the markets here and ...

... 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 ...

... to reproduce. * Most people in Provence live for the day. They're hard workers, and will get the job done. Often times more than one worker shows up for a job that would typically be done by one American laborer. Unlike American labor, the workers here do not break for lunch nor do they listen to the radio while they work. But they may work for three days and then you won't see them again for weeks. * The government offers social security (welfare) to anyone who wants it ...