Today we are spending the day in Avignon. We have pretty much sorted out how we are going to move around for our last 3 cities after Avignon so on the list today is to buy some tickets. First off we went to the train station to see if there were any deals available that we didn't find online. There are so many different passes and cards that you can buy it is really hard to tell. The longest trip we have to make is from Lyon to Bordeaux, unfortunately there is no direct route by train, we would have to go to Paris and then switch trains, this doesn't sound to bad until we get the price of 210.00 Euro for the 2 of us, ridiculous, we can fly for about the same price. It will take us about 5 hours by train, by bus it is 8 hours, and and about 1/4 of the price, guess we will be bussing it. Off to the bus station we go, only 1 person selling tickets here, and she is very slow. We have lots of angry people starting to queue behind us. We only purchase our tickets from Avignon to Lyon, we will deal with the rest another day.
Back into town and pick a new route to get back to our place. It is Grande Braderie sale here this weekend, it only happens twice a year and it is like a sidewalk sale. Many shops have things out on racks on the sidewalks for sale, but for sale here is still so expensive! Andre is on the hunt for a new pair of shoes, not sure if he will be successful here.
Pick up some Empanadas for lunch to reheat at home, as well as some baguettes for lunch tomorrow for a picnic, and a apple tart thing, all delicious.
After lunch we meet up at 2PM for a free walking tour of the city. Because it is not tourist season it is only offered a couple of times a week, and only 5 adults and 1 baby are on the tour. Once again it is a great tour and we are shown some places we haven't discovered ourselves yet.
Back to the apartment for a rest and then we are off again to find Rue Teinterie which we had seen on a map but haven't been to that section of town yet. This is a beautiful cobblestone street with water wheels along a canal, there are only 4 wheels left now that were used to power the mills. Lots of little restaurants, bars and shops, we will go back another day to visit again.
Andre joined the Camera Club Zoom meeting that started here at 10PM, He also took in a free zoom meeting with a landscape photographer from the UK beforehand which I watched.
WIFI is not the fastest here and the Zoom meeting did freeze up a few times but only for a couple of seconds each time
18,000 steps today or 11.5 km
Just Around our street corner
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