L’Isle-Sur-La- Sorgue flea market
The ochre cliffs of Roussillon
Gordes
Before we left on the trip Jessie had signed us up for two tours out of Avignon, France. The first tour was our first day after we disembarked Le Phenicien; at 9am we joined the “Best of Provence” tour in a minivan with 4 other people and traveled to L’Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue (a large flea market), Abbaye de Senanque (lavender), Gordes (picturesque), Roussillon (ochre), St-Remy de Provence (Vincent van Gogh, Roman arch), Les Baux (mountaintop fortress), and the Roman aqueduct bridge at Pont du Gard. Quite an agenda, but it was a colorful overview of the area. We had been to the last two stops before, but not enough time anywhere on this tour to really appreciate the locations.
Gordes, France
Church in Gorges
St-Remy de Provence
Roman arch & monument, St-Remy de Provence
Pont du Gard
When we got back to Avignon we were wandering around the city center area looking for a good restaurant but had found few appealing ones open (on a Sunday night). As we walked we were stopped by a fellow who highly praised and directed us to a small restaurant called L’Ardoise which looked good to us and we ate a great meal in their cave-like cellar room. We also highly recommend it!
Dining at L’Ardoise, Avignon France
Avignon France
On the Go with John and Jessie 