Sur le pont, D’Avignon

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update – but that’s because we’ve been driving through France staying a night here, a night there. Nothing *terribly* exciting has happened, so I’m just going to give you a bullet point break down of the first week:

• Nice: Nice was only supposed to be our entry point into France, but if I’d known how nice it was we would have stayed longer than one night. Stayed in the worst hotel ever, but when you get in at 11 pm, you don’t have too many options. Return visit is definitely in order (just not on a Sunday because all the shops are closed!!!)
• Brignoles: Meh… Was lured in to staying here because of the B&B pictures, which didn’t quite live up to expectations. Luckily we only stayed one night. There’s a story to tell here when I’m back home after a couple of glasses of wine 🙂 Drove to Cotignac for dinner. Not worth mentioning food-wise, but after our meal we went down a dead end alley way where what seemed like hundreds of cats were having committee meetings. As we drove through their little heads would pop-up, then they’d run away. Of course once we’d realized it was a dead end Chris had to reverse back out for a few hundred metres dodging cats along the way. It went something like this:

  Chris: Just tell me if I’m going to hit something
  Sam: bwahahaha (had a few drinks)
  Chris: $*@!

  It was fricken hilarious. Well, I thought it was funny…

• Avignon: Of course I went there just to stand on the bridge and sing the song. Well, I sang it in my head. Have taken a thousand photos, but they’re all crap.
• Carcassone: The medieval town is postcard perfect, but restaurants are very hit and miss. Anything that’s good needs to be booked days before hand so all you’re usually left with is the touristy rubbish. Did find a very nice wine bar on our last night so as long as we can drink the good stuff we’re OK. Shopping was a disappointment, BUT… I did find one shop and now have an entirely new wardrobe. Must keep me away from shops when I’m bored. It’s very expensive!