We are at Avignon, after a morning of planning we headed into the city. We visited Palais de Papis (The Popes Palace). This is an awesome construction and was home to Sovereign Pointiffs in the 14^th century. It is a gothic palace and we were able to view 25 rooms. It was amazing. We then went to the Pont St-Benezet which is the remains of a bridge crossing The Rhone River constructed in 13^th century. It was damaged by many floods and was rebuilt in the 17^th century.

After a couple of days of culture and history we are now on our way to La Ciotat which is a seaside town just east of Marseille for some salt air and sea spray.

The big decision is tolls or no tolls. Cost from Avignon to La Ciotat is 26 Euro with 1.5 hrs to 2hrs without tolls. DB decision as he was driving. Your guess? DB’s call half way there. I wouldn’t have gone no tolls if I realised you didn’t even bypass large cities (ie Marseille – the largest crime city in France) I would have paid.

We arrived at our hotel Auberge Revestel at La Ciotat at 8.45pm, 1 hour 40 mins later than without tolls. Lesson learned. We had an amazing dinner even though we were not quite sure of the accompaniments. I had La St Pierre (Fish) and DB had Lamb again. He said the best meal he has ever had. Lucky because it is probably one of the more expensive meals he has ever bought. Dinner cost with a main and dessert each without wine was 100 euro. Our hotel was only 75 euro and the view was fantastic.