Big Adventures, Little World

Avignon is a cool city in France which is still surrounded by city walls from hundreds of years ago and was ordered to be built by the popes when they had fears of being invaded. We stayed at a camp site just outside the city, and then after setting up camp walked in through the city walls for a little tour before heading off to explore on our own. We visited some amazing sites including the home of popes from the 14^th century when they no longer wanted to stay in Italy. The building was so big, and had reinforced walls 18 feet thick just to keep the popes safe. Bel, Lucy and I wandered around the city checking out the sites and the views over the city from high up where they also had the tallest building in Avignon, Notre Dame des Doms Cathedral with a gold statue of the Virgin Mary on top.

Bel and I then headed off to find somewhere to have dinner, and found this great place where the waiter was really nice and even spoke English to us. We had some delicious salads and also dessert as well, which was just as good as the main course. After dinner we wandered through more of the city where street performers are everywhere. We saw some break dancers who were remarkable, and also a man dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller with about 20 kids behind him all copying his moves. Such a great little city and so full of energy.

We walked back to the campsite and found a few of the guys sitting down on the river banks with a few drinks. So we sat down with them having a chat until about 2.30 in the morning even though we had planned on an early night. At least there’s always plenty of time to sleep on the bus.