First stop, Avignon's Palais des Papes.
The palace square is at the top of the old city, so we started there and took to the palace for a long look around the palace.
I typically love historic sights like this, but found there to be a bit too much art. They had installations in nearly every room that rarely seemed to have anything to do with the palace or rooms themselves.
(See: this odd art piece out front)
Still an interesting site to look around, though!
We popped back out on to the narrow streets to find a little cafe to grab a spot of lunch.
From there: The Pont d'Avignon.
The Pont was far more beautiful than I expected.
The richest blues, the lightest stone, and such beautiful light dancing off all of it.
After a long afternoon wandering around we loaded up the car to head back to the chateau
It only took a few minutes of driving through the countryside for us to abandon our plans in favor of a vineyard search!
Which was a wise decision that left us sipping mediocre wine and dancing through golden fields of grapes, happy as clams.
Spot me literally jumping for joy in the following series of photos:
So much love for this beautiful place and it's sometimes mediocre wine.
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