Rural Avignon - penultimate day - tomorrow the Med beckons

He Said...

So now we are driving around this lovely place. I say we because most of the time its taking the two of us. Today we left just before lunch for a quick drive into the city and ended up half way to Switzerland before we found a roundabout to come back. Then we found just the spot when we discovered i had left the camera back at base. Whats a tourist without a camera? So back we come hopefully via a familia road then back into town. This time we found a park, piece of piss, next to a couple of Poms who had been looking for hours. The centre of Avignon is surrounded by a large wall ie castle wall, around most sides. So thru the wall we went, into these narrow cobble streets, hardly wide enough for a golf cart when all a sudden along comes a fekking big bus.
Anyway, thru the wall on this side of town is the university. God, i thought i was back on the beach at Barcelona  again. Karl, you should come here as well, and you Kristy!!!! Sorry JBT.  Anyway a great wander around the city then back home for a swim, a beer or two and some blogging. Alot of pressure these blogs??
Yesterday we took a couple of fortunate turns and ended up in a free carpark, on the other side of a river (how did that happen?) just below a castle. Now castles are like Pa's, they seem to be always on a bloody hill. They are surounded by cobblestone streets and its always 34 deg. When i come home i'm going to Larnach.

 These castles are incredible. Hard to imagine people running up a spiral staircase with a torch in one hand and bucket of hot tar in the other. Clearly we take things for granted nowadays. They even had a chapel out the back and when we walked in a light came on?? Amazing....sensors hundreds of years old.
Tomorrow, after breakfast, more pastries (very civilise the French, some of them have chocolate in them) we are off to Menton, via the coast in our private motor. For those interested a Alfa Romero Guilietta.

She said ... 

Our home sweet home. 
Only a slight exaggeration about the driving, except that it has taken two!!  I've had to keep him off the bl....y big concrete and paved gutters they have here on my side of the car!  We've only hit one.  Both slightly nervous when we took a wrong turning on the first day and ended up in this very dodgey gypsy type area which took a while to get out of. Even tough guy was slightly uneasy!
Across the Rhone to Villeneve-Les-Avignon was yesterdays outing to the Fort Saint Andre.  My first castle, and completely in tact abbey inside.  Even got to see the long drop or latrine up in the turrets! Ever wondered about that? Today as M said wandering around the old town inside the walls, and along the river.  I did have to point out several v large dog p...s to someone!

This has been real R & R after Paris and Barcelona, short days sightseeing and long days swimming, reading, eating and drinking.  Bliss.
Nice to skype all the family while we've been here too.