Avignon!

Bonjour,

This weekend Adelle, Meghan, and I took a little mini-trip to Avignon which is about an hour away. Thankfully we got a free ride there, with a group of SCAD students. We stayed in a little hotel next door to the Tourism Office. The only room that was available for three people was a little apartment. We had two rooms plus a kitchen and literally the tiniest bathroom I have ever seen! But we had a microwave and fridge, and that's all we cared about. We arrived around noon and went to take a trolley tour of the city, but after missing the train twice, we decided just to tour the Pope's Palace instead. Apparently the Pope lived there full time from around 1300-1500. The most interesting fact we learned was that the pope was the the only person allowed to use a knife in the dining room. That would make things difficult. We ate dinner at a little Irish pub, and I got the best hamburger that I've had all summer. We watched some French TV then went to bed early. Yesterday we got up and had leisurely morning then went and wait for the trolley tour. Wile we were waiting there we witnessed an excellent police chase. They were trying to catch the pick-pocketing Gypsies in the courtyard. It was quite thrilling, and they actually managed to catch two of them, but all of the others got away and were back an hour later. We went on the trolley tour and then took a ride on the merry-go-round. It had two stories and was really boss. We grabbed a quick lunch, and after lunch it was time for shopping! We shopped till we dropped, or until 4 when we took a little nap at the hotel. This weekend was incredibly hot, especially for not having air conditioning, and a nap was necessary to stay alive. We continued shopping and then went for dinner. After dinner, we stopped at a grocery store and filled up on groceries like peanut butter and bottled beverages. „e went back to the hotel and took some really cramped showers and then went to bed. This morning we got up to catch the 10:30 bus back to Lacoste, but missed it due to faulty directions and signage (stupid French). We managed to catch the 11:20 bus to Cavallion instead, and get a taxi back to Lacoste. It was all in all an excellent little vacation within a vacation. Now to buckle down and finish my finals!

Au Revoir

Our hotel

the Pope's Palace