We decided to visit Arles, a town a few kilometers from Avignon, so we headed to the station. Greg has mastered buying train tickets from the self-service ticket machine. The only 'problem' is if you want a return ticket which is cheaper, you have to nominate what train you will return on so you have to guess how long you will want to stay there.
Arles is associated with Van Gough and we expected to see some of his work. But on Tuesday the most of the museums and galleries are closed and the main one was being renovated. There were some signs around the town indicating his favourite places to paint. Greg got really excited at an avenue of plane trees that he associated with Van Gough's work but it was hard to capture it with the camera.
Like Nimes, Arles also has a Roman Arena which is undergoing major restoration. Both are used for various events including regular bull fights.
There were rainy showers around all day but we managed to avoid them. By the time we arrived back in Avignon the clouds had lifted and people were sitting in the outdoor cafes and strolling in the squares. It wasn't sunny but at least it wasn't raining. I even saw a man in shorts and sandals!
We sat in the Place de Papes for quite a while listening to the accordian players and watching some kids create huge bubbles ( see photo) with some string and sticks. Looked like it would be easy to make and the kids certainly enjoyed it.
We had missed the weekly English guided walking tour of Avignon, so settled for a ride in a motorised little train that weaved around the narrow streets to the highlights of Avignon. It had headsets with multilingual audio options of commentary to choose from. We had already been to most of the places it took us but the audio added some local info.
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