All of today's pictures are here!
9:00pm: at the b&b sipping some Moscato wine we bought yesterday at the uzes market after another long day. After a great night's sleep, we set out for Avignon, an important city because popes lived there for about a hundred years.
We wandered the market and town and visited the famous bridge, then visited the pope's palace. It is huge and imposing and you can tell it used to be gorgeous inside but a lot of it was damaged and now most of the rooms are austere and empty. There was a rose display going on with over thirty varieties of roses - you could even vote for your favorite. For lunch after visiting the palace, we went back to the market and got a rotisserie chicken and since potatoes and ate it with plastic forks because why not? It was also only 11.50€ for the whole thing.
Then we set off to Chateauneuf-du-Pape, a little town most famous in Provence for red wine. Did a few tastings but not before Matt conked his head on a low overhead leaving the first winery (he's ok! We think?). After the wine tastings, came back to St. Remy and hit a cookie shop to buy more goodies (I think all I have bought on this trip is chocolate, basically) and then abck to the b&b for a rest before going to dinner.
I sure do appreciate that places here open at 7 more or less. We liked the menu of Bistro Decouverte. This is the sercond night in a row where the place had no written menu but the dishes of the day on a blackboard that they bring to you. I love it so much. I had a cherry tomato tarte tatin that was amazing and then good old steak and potatoes, done the amazing French way. Then we walked back to the b&b to enjoy the wine and relax before packing up.
Tomorrow it's off to our next stop in Provence, a little town off the tourist track in the Luberon part of the region!
Today's totals: 18,404 steps and 7.32 miles
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