Avignon the City!

As mentioned in my previous post about the Popes Palace in Avignon,

we also went gallivanting about that fine city for the whole of a Saturday this June!

What a pleasure it was to have 3 additional people with us on this adventure!

First we had to travel to pick up the two young love birds (Jonathan & Kari) at their place...

here are some sights I saw along the way!

Isn't this a cool mural?

After picking up Jonathan and Kari, we swung by the hotel to pick up Tom!
And here is a photo of the sight outside the first rest stop!

Yes it was a monument to Nuclear Power!

Can you see the mural on the one tower?

WOW!

The French use so many sources of power,

they are a people of serious diversity..

but I do believe I remember reading they have more

Nuclear Power plants than any other country in the European Union...

Anyone know if I read this wrong???

Rob thought it was VERY American of them!

We have arrived and are getting CAMERA ready!

MIMES!



Yah Vol! LOVE IT

The Germans have arrived!

I feel so much better...

perhaps they ARE French,

but then they are from the Alsace Lorraine area...

either way...

it felt lovely

LOVE the ladies dancing

Many of the photos' are just snaps of things that caught my eye
I hope you enjoy!

Isn't this stone work amazing!

They are carrying the bounty!

The Popes Palace!
Time for LUNCH!

what to eat?

Well, Pizza was on this menu

so YOU know what someone got!

But this is what I got!

bits of French bread...

but of course!

when you pay with a credit card here in France

or anywhere in Europe

they bring THIS out to YOU,

and run it through in front of you...

NO ONE walks away with your card...

we like this technology a whole lot!

the receipt scrolls out on top!

pretty techno savvy!

We approve!

Here is our group...

HEY! Tom moved back!

NOW these are some HUGE

flying buttresses!

wow
a view looking back...

beautifully huge...

and I was impressed with St. Jean

Well

I guess the Pope must not be outdone

yet

our Lord...

in a manger...

hmm

oooodles of cuteness

details

chatting on the

Narrow Way

Cobblestone

Je Voudrais un Glace s'il vous plait?

OUI!Anika & Kari eating ice cream!

Buddy exploring with his Ice Cream!

:)

all about clocks!

pretty fabrics

I like te composition of this photo...

I love the Ivy!

narrow little streets!

lamps on every building

HA!

a wonderful fountain

and instead of gargoyles

here they use

peoples faces!!

Avignon has some humor!

Energy

Joy

Friendly

Extrovert!

One of the bigger streets of Avignon

A garden area near another church here in Avignon

the church,

and a bird flying

I like the shadows

the way they play

ancient arches overlooking the garden

we found a shady spot!

It is really really HOT!

Artichoke Blossoms!

so green,

such neet architechture

lavendar fields

looking out over the Pont of Avignon

On the way home!

Kari and Princess KI

Views from the window

love the river Rhone

and those Alps

I really like Provence!

Lavendar fields and cliffs along the river!

pretty bridges

exhausted

after a long long day