We spent a couple of hours this morning doing laundry. I’d say we did pretty well going two weeks without having to do laundry!! Afterwards, as we had already visited most of the Van Gogh sights and Roman ruins in Arles, we decided to venture off to Nimes, one of ancient Europe’s largest cities. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Nimes was the terminus of the Roman aqueduct for which the Pont du Gard (visited earlier in our trip) was built.
From Nimes we traveled to Avignon which served at the “Franco Vatican” from 1309 to 1403. In 1309 when a French pope was elected, Pope Clement V, the French king convinced the newly elected pope that Italy was a dangerous place for a pope to live, so the entire headquarters of the Catholic Church was moved to Avignon.
Our photo of the day, however, is of the only colorful thing I could find in today’s photos as it was kind of a dreary, overcast day.
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| Children enjoying a beautiful merry-go-round in the plaza outside the Popes' Palace in Avignon. |
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