Sunday...
A romantic weekend away to Avignon fell well short on two counts- Trav in bed all weekend with a virus and more rain in two days than we have had our whole trip. To add, we did not bring our rain jackets. Murphy's Law strikes again.
We struggled through a few of the local sites- Rach this morning at the imposing circa 1300 Papal Palace and Trav dragged his arse out of bed to join Rach for an hour to see the Pont Saint-Bénezet- the most famous site of Avignon and the topic of local nursery rhymes.
The relics are in really good condition- mostly original too. Many we have seen so far are being dug out of the ground or have been ravaged by waves of war and invasion and rebuilt.
Pics- Trav at the port town of Bandol after having a local wine 'degustaion' (on the way to Avignon before being hit by virus)/on the 'Petit Pont d'Avignon' on the Rhone with the Palace in the background.
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