Avignon

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In the late 1200s, Pope Clément V, a Frenchman, got tired of all the local wars in Italy so moved to Avignon, and the popes were here until they moved back to Rome in 1377. Avignon is surrounded by battlemented walls with machicolated towers, and the Pope’s palace, situated high on a rock base, was constructed to produce an impression of massive impregnability. It provides more than an impression, it’s a fact.

Avignon’s Municipal Campsite is on the island in the middle of the Rhône River (from where this photo was taken). The spectacle, as seen from our campsite, with the old bridge, the city wall, and the Palace illuminated by floodlights, might just be one of the more spectacular sights of a vacation trip. No hotel has this view.

Not everything in Avignon is ancient, McDonald’s and the Häagen-Dazs store are just across the street from each other, a couple of blocks from the Palace of the Popes.
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One year, after her summer job in Germany was finished, our daughter Linda and her friend Margit traveled with us for two weeks. They slept in the tent, that was pitched near our RV. (We have parked our RV here three different years, another year we spent just a few hours in Avignon)
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A slightly diffeent view