Avignon

So despite the bizarre circumstances surrounding my birthday, it was a good one. We ran around town frantically trying to stock up on food before the market closed at noon, and got a tasty strawberry crème cake decorated with music notes. Then we wandered around the north part of Bayeux all afternoon and spent the evening playing poker at our hotel eating apple and cheese sandwiches. All things considered, a very satisfying day.

As evident from the title of this entry, we decided to head to Provence first rather than Burgundy. We had intended to come here only if we had time after Burgundy, but every French person we talked to said that Provence was their favorite part of France. The TGV (an acronym which translate to "train of great speed") got us for one end of the country to the opposite in only 5 hours. Crazy. We're staying at a hostel attached to a campground on an island in the river here. Centre ville Avignon is a medeival walled city, complete with castle, and thr view from our island is beautiful. The plan for now is to spend a couple days here, maybe try to go horseback riding, and then head into the mountains for a few more days to hike.



And now for the photos I've been promising...