We woke up to go do a walking tour
of Avignon today. Instead of doing the Pope’s Palace, we did a tour of the
entire town. Since I’ve been here
before, it was great to see the little streets and other interesting buildings.
I love the park up on top of the hill behind the Pope’s Palace and the sun was
perfect today to take pictures.
We walked around the old town and
the Jewish quarter where the streets are all twisty-turny and there are lots of
shops. We visited the market where mom
bought some Herbes de Province. Mom and
I tried on some shoes and went into some stores, but decided not to buy
anything.
We had a nice lunch in the dining
room, which we haven’t done since day 1 on the boat, before heading out at 2pm
to go kayaking. Our group was so small,
only 8 people, and it was amazing. It
was a perfect weather day. Lots of sun
and it was so hot with no wind. This
area can get really windy, so we were really lucky. It was also awesome because all 8 of us were
decent kayakers – no one tipped or had a panic attack or anything. We were super lucky.
We stopped under La Pont du Gard –
this huge aqueduct that is 2000 years old.
There are three levels to the aqueduct, all made up of different size arches. It was built without any mortar, which
considering it’s huge size, is pretty amazing.
The top level is where the water was carried. The water flowed a distance of 50Km to the
next city and descended a distance of only 15 meters! That just boggles my mind. The top channel, where 200 gallons of water
flowed each day (I think…it may have been 2000), measured 2 meters deep and 1
meter wide. You can actually take a tour
to walk through the water channel. It is
amazing.
We made it home in plenty of time
to have some drinks on the patio before going down to our last “fancy”
dinner. I think we were all tired today
and after dinner we pretty much just went to bed.
We walked around the old town and
the Jewish quarter where the streets are all twisty-turny and there are lots of
shops. We visited the market where mom
bought some Herbes de Province. Mom and
I tried on some shoes and went into some stores, but decided not to buy
anything.
I did go and look at some really
cute French tea towels…which got me in trouble because the store was really
nice! I ended up buying a beautiful
table cloth with matching napkins that will match my china and my normal dishes
quite nicely. Oops.
In the main square there was a
painter that had all of her own work displayed.
She was selling beautiful things, but after buying that awesome painting
in Crete last year for 10 E it was hard to think about buying another painting
for 100 E. Not quite the same thing.
We had a nice lunch in the dining
room, which we haven’t done since day 1 on the boat, before heading out at 2pm
to go kayaking. Our group was so small,
only 8 people, and it was amazing. It
was a perfect weather day. Lots of sun
and it was so hot with no wind. This
area can get really windy, so we were really lucky. It was also awesome because all 8 of us were
decent kayakers – no one tipped or had a panic attack or anything. We were super lucky.We stopped under La Pont du Gard –
this huge aqueduct that is 2000 years old.
There are three levels to the aqueduct, all made up of different size arches. It was built without any mortar, which
considering it’s huge size, is pretty amazing.
The top level is where the water was carried. The water flowed a distance of 50Km to the
next city and descended a distance of only 15 meters! That just boggles my mind. The top channel, where 200 gallons of water
flowed each day (I think…it may have been 2000), measured 2 meters deep and 1
meter wide. You can actually take a tour
to walk through the water channel. It is
amazing.
I was feeling pretty energetic and
quite warm, so I also decided to go for a swim. That is the one issue with a
river cruise; there is all this water, but nowhere to swim! I just hopped right in with my kayaking
clothes on and swam for a few minutes. It was pretty cold, but not nearly as
bad as lakes I’ve done triathlons in at home!
We made it home in plenty of time
to have some drinks on the patio before going down to our last “fancy”
dinner. I think we were all tired today
and after dinner we pretty much just went to bed.
It is sad that tomorrow is our
last day on the cruise. It has been
really awesome and we have seen a tonne.
Night, -Allison
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