Day 3

Yesterday was day 3. My reason behind typing out it’s events a day late is because our last hotel didn’t actually have an outlet to charge the computer. Yesterday was mostly a travel day. We were up bright and early to be on the road again. Our tour guide told us that Avignon wasn’t the most exciting place in the world and that we only really stop there because Barcelona is too far of a drive for a single day. Don’t believe that – Avignon was great! We stopped for wine tasting about half way there and got to sample a red wine, white wine and sparkling wine. The white was ok, the red was a little better in my opinion (Matt didn’t care for it at all), but the sparkling wine was amazing! Amazing enough to pick up a bottle. A bottle of wine from France!! Bought in France!! I’m so excited!

Afterwards we continued on our long journey and finally made it in Avignon. The “not the most exciting” scenery of Avignon was stunning. There was a music festival going on, so there were people all over the place. Street performers juggled batons of fire on a unicycle, swallowed balloons and sold all sorts of jewellery and knick-knacks. We saw Pope’s palace and wandered around the outside of it.

We didn’t stay out as late as some of the group and wandered back to the hostel relatively early. The hostel was... not a 5 star hotel, but we did luck out because while the rest of the groups had 4 people, Matt and I were on our own again because of the way numbers fit together. We had a bed, a bathroom that contained a sink, a shower, but no toilet. The shower didn’t have an enclosure of its own- it drained in the middle of the bathroom floor. The internet was too expensive to bother with so we had a relaxing night in.