Travelled: 50km from Chasclan
Stay: 2 nights 18 – 19 April Camp Bagatelle 16 euros/night 43.95318, 4.79905
Woke up to another beautiful day. Had a fairly easy drive into except that Camy (GPS) tried to take us onto the auto route to Lyons or Nimes. Lucky there was a gap for service cars before the pay booth so we could do a U turn. Then as we were trying to get to the Camp Ground we missed the turn off and then we had to drive 20 mins to another bridge to get back. We dared not contradict her as we were unsure of the size of the roads in these small ancient towns and did not want to get stuck as we nearly were yesterday! oh la la… Any way the so called Aire in Avignon which near the camp ground is only a car park and was currently occupied by Gypies or Romanians, so we decided to spend a little cash and go for the comfort of an unpowered site at the Camp Ground Bagatelle which is just over the bridge from the main attractions of Avignon.
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Avignon is a lovely, but quite
large, walled ancient town. It is very easy to walk around and enjoy the sights
of cafes with there tables and chairs on the foot paths, all the shopping any
one would want to do and of course to visit the Palace des Papes, all the Museum
and the famous Pont d’Avignon. We spent the first hour on McDonalds WIFI to
finally be able to skype (reception not that great but better than on 3G). We
didn’t even need to buy food there. We will be visiting McD a little more often!
Then we got seriously into sight seeing and went to visit the Palace des Papes
(took a couple of hours) and then after a coffee and cake (needed the energy to
go on) we went to see some great art work at a Museum. Then it was Moules and
Frittes time and a beer at O’Neills Irish Pub!
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It was alot lot colder the next day. The locals call it the angry wind. We went to visit the Pont D’Avignon and found out about the bridges’ history.
Stay: 2 nights 18 – 19 April Camp Bagatelle 16 euros/night 43.95318, 4.79905
Woke up to another beautiful day. Had a fairly easy drive into except that Camy (GPS) tried to take us onto the auto route to Lyons or Nimes. Lucky there was a gap for service cars before the pay booth so we could do a U turn. Then as we were trying to get to the Camp Ground we missed the turn off and then we had to drive 20 mins to another bridge to get back. We dared not contradict her as we were unsure of the size of the roads in these small ancient towns and did not want to get stuck as we nearly were yesterday! oh la la… Any way the so called Aire in Avignon which near the camp ground is only a car park and was currently occupied by Gypies or Romanians, so we decided to spend a little cash and go for the comfort of an unpowered site at the Camp Ground Bagatelle which is just over the bridge from the main attractions of Avignon.
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It was alot lot colder the next day. The locals call it the angry wind. We went to visit the Pont D’Avignon and found out about the bridges’ history.
Then went and walked around the garden ‘Rocher des Doms’ which
offered great views of the surrounding district.
We then went and had a look inside the church next to the Palace of the Papes.
Had a walk around town and as it was too cold we headed back to camp. Later we ventured out again and walked around town and had dinner.
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PS. The reason the bridge in incomplete is because it was damaged many years ago by the Rhone River and was never reconstructed.
Thanks for taking the time to write and post photos. I am interested in knowing the history of the bridge, and why it doesn't completely cross the river.
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