Went to bed really early last night, like at 8.30pm. Kim has had a nasty cold and I finally picked it up yesterday as well which has caught up with us a bit. So up again before the sun came up, got ready and headed into Avignon. We initially had trouble trying to find a park but eventually found one. Apparently you have to be very patient according to one of the locals for a free one and as neither of us are we went straight to a paying one cause the traffic was really building up and you have no idea what it is like driving here.
Another warm day although it did start off a little chilly. We wandered around again for a while and went in to see the Palais Des Papes. Which is the Palace of the Popes, home to the Sovereign Pontiffs in the 14th century. On we went to the Saint-Benezet bridge which was included in the price. This was built in the 12th century and has a small chapel which is dedicated to Saint Nicolas, the patron saint of bargemen, not bargearses as I first thought!A few hours spent in Avignon wandering around, stopping for some lunch, crocque monsier, and then headed back to our accommodation arriving here at about 4.00. We had a chat with the guy in the accommodation next door to ours who is from Devon and he gave us some points of interest to look at while we are here. Some other people came home to their accommodation opposite ours who are from Dover. They also gave us heaps of tips for the area. They stopped and chatted for a while and were really lovely. They all leave here tomorrow but it was good to get some information from people that speak English. We were a little disheartened with the distance we seem to be from everything but now feel a bit better that we know there is more, relatively close to check out. We are heading into Uzes tomorrow morning for their market and apparently it is a really nice town also so we will stay there for a while and probably have lunch at the restaurant recommended by the poms.
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