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wow, more honeymoon pictures |
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Avingnon is also famous in song because of this bridge, originally built in 1177 by St. Benezet. It is memorialized in the song "Sur le pont, d'Avingnon." |
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Avignon was home to the Popes from 1309 to 1377 because of war surrounding Rome. The Papal palace was built piecemeal by a number of Popes, but was abandoned when they returned to Rome. Because the French Kings and Cardinals liked having a Pope nearby, they continued to elect their own, creating the Great Scism, which ended in 1417. |
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The couple that "adopted" us during the trip - Jessica and Andrew. We were the youngest people on the boat by at least 20 years! |
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Our final night, an accordian player joined us in the dining room. Who knew accordians could be so fun?! |
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For anyone familiar with IBM, and especially Dad. |
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The last night onboard, our accordian player came up on the sundeck with us to play while we danced "sur le pont D'Avingnon" - nearby, actually. We made it neither on nor under the bridge, but thouroughly enjoyed ourselves, anyway. |
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A remnant of its Mideival past - Avignon was once a walled city guarded by gatetowers. Now, cars and pedestrians go through them. |
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Van Gogh's museum may be in his home country of The Netherlands, but he spent most of his creative years in Arles, near the French coast. This is the subject of "cafe at night." |
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