Photos and Adventures

So my time here is rapidly drawing to a close, and I realized that in all of my jetsetting, I haven't taken the time to adequately explore Avignon, which is an amazing city in its own right!  So, yesterday I took a two hour solo walk around Avignon.  Here's where I walked:

It looks pretty far on the map, but really it's less than 2 miles.  First, I walked along the ramparts, and looked at all the cool places to hide and shoot from.  If I weren't wearing a skirt, I would've climbed all over the them, but I may have to save such mischief for another day... Some photos:

I also saw this van in my walk along the ramparts.  Yes, it has a Playboy bunny logo, and yes those are window shades.  There are no back seats.  It's totally a shaggin' wagon.  (If this van's a-rockin', for the love of Dieu don't come a-knockin'!)

Also took some photos of the Pont d'Avignon/Rocher des Doms.  I think Rocher des Doms/Jardin des Doms is my favorite thing in all of Avignon (yup, better than the bridge).  So gorgeous... and it's so cool how the ramparts just meld into the natural landscape in this structure.

After that, my camera batteries ran out though.  Today, armed with fresh batteries, a bottle of wine, and all sorts of picnic goodies, Anna and I climbed up the stairs to the Rocher des Doms for more exploring.  We climbed up the tower in the photo above, and got all the way to the highest point on the Rocher des Doms (a place we lovingly called "the truc."  You know, we should go climb like... the thing... the truc!  the TRUC!!")  There's a phenomenal panoramic view of the surrounding area, and we took some awesome pictures.  We also had a great picnic with 4 kinds of cheese and split a twist-off bottle of rosé between us.  Lovely day!