Emily and I just love it here in Avignon! We always talk about buying an apartment and renting it out as an AirBnb for most of the year and then having a great place to come anytime we can. Coming here with a group only underscores the fact that Avignon has that effect on everyone! It’s wonderful here! The pace is slower, the town is smaller, but still big enough to have everything. Amazing food and wine is everywhere. And then you have all the old and ancient buildings. It makes for a magical atmosphere. Today we went and picked up our rental van! A Citroen! A French van! Perfect. It’s a 7 person van that’s pretty small. Fortunately we have 2 people who are also pretty short to sit in the way back!! It’s a blast to drive it! Heck, it’s a blast to just drive here! At least once I get out of the city. LOL We went to Orange first to see the ancient Roman theater. The most intact Roman theater in the world. It’s a favorite of ours and even though the acoustic wall was behind scaffolding, it still is an amazing place. The group really seemed to enjoy it also! It was a beautiful day today, that just made it even better. We spent a good amount of time there and then we drove home. Grabbed some snacks and then went for the Avignon City walk that we had to cut short because of the rain. It was perfect. We always love that walk. It really shows the different neighborhoods and personalities of this great city. We stopped for wine at a local wine bar and we all had glasses of fantastic local wines with some charcuterie. Always a wonderful way to end an afternoon! 😜. Then we went to find a place to eat. No reservation tonight so we went to a place we loved before and found out that they were totally booked. It’s much harder to find tables with 7 people! So we made reservations there for tomorrow and looked quickly for a replacement option. We ended up at a nice local place that was buzzing with business and had lots of French people eating in it. ALWAYS a good sign! It ended up being a good meal. Not a great meal, but definitely nothing to complain about! The desserts were definitely a highlight. The Salted Caramel cake was a showstopper!! We also splurged on some nice wines with dinner tonight which was very nice indeed! They definitely have some good wine around these parts! After that we all went back to our homes to get some rest because we have to get up early tomorrow. We have a tour through a woman who has a tour company called Curious Provence. We are VERY excited to meet her because we have been following her on Instagram and she seems amazing! Definitely someone that we need to get to know better! She is taking us on a market and city tour of St Remy de Provence. The town where Van Gogh spent some time and where Nostradamus was from! Unfortunately it’s supposed to be rainy and yucky again tomorrow. That’s gonna make for an interesting market experience! But the weather can change on a dime and possibly can end up being fine! We shall see. Either way, it’s great to be in Provence!!! More to come! Thanks for reading!!
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