Tuesday we had an earlier wake up call at 8 am so we could get to the train station to go to Avignon. We ended up taking a pit stop at a close city called Montpelier since we were actually on the wrong train - due to changing platform numbers... The detour meant we had to stop and wait for the right train, and while we waited we got a quick bite to eat (I had a beignet filled with nutella) and walked around the town.
Montpelier
When we did get to Avignon, we went to the Palais des Papas (the Papacy), a medieval fortress and papal papacy from a few centuries ago. We took the audio guide tour of the place, and although the actual building structure was impressive, the tour wasn't. All of the rooms were mostly bare and the audio guide was information overload on a million and one things. Next up was going to the Saint Benezet Bridge, the 'bridge of Avignon.'
Palais des Papes
Inside the papacy
View of the city from the top of the papacy
Saint Benezet Bridge
After our sight seeing we got some French food from a local bakery for a late lunch. I tried out the croque-monsieur (a ham and swiss cheese grilled sandwich) and some fresh meringues. We caught our train back to Nimes and relaxed for a while until dinner time. We had an authentic French dinner for the first time and went to the Flan Coco, on recommendation of our hotel's owner. The menu was all in French so I pretty much had no idea what I was ordering... My dish came out and it turned out to be cod and some vegetables! The fish was a bit fishy, but other than that good. We also got the restaurant's namesake dessert - the coconut flan!
French meal of fishy fish and veggies!
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