We left our house at 5:40 AM Wednesday and made it to Avignon about 6 PM Thursday. We arrived here on the high-speed train from Paris --- what a smooth ride! After checking into our hotel we set out to stretch our legs after all that sitting on planes and trains to get here. We found one of the little eateries recommended in a Rick Steves’ guidebook then fell into bed by 8:30, exhausted!
This hotel, Le Colbert, was also recommended in the guidebook and is really cute, decorated in bright colors with French theater posters on all the walls. It’s located within the old city walls on a typically narrow alley/street lined mostly with other small hotels. Here’s the view from our window.
Our room is on the 3rd floor, at the top of a spiral staircase --- no elevators in these old buildings!
There’s a comfy breakfast room downstairs and a quiet garden tucked away out back.
This morning after breakfast we headed out exploring. We visited old buildings,
saw interesting sculptures,
and ventured onto the remnants of a 13th century bridge.
All that walking around today totaled 7.17 miles on my pedometer, so once again we’re calling it an early night!
1 comment:
Whew, what a long trip! Avignon looks beautiful! Looks like the weather cooperated too. Love all the history!
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