Today a 3 hour tour of the city was offered. As we had already spent some time in Avignon we decided to do our own thing. A pass to see the papal palace was available from the boat. The crew had said that the palace had been damaged during the French Revolution and there was not a lot to see inside. We were expecting to zip throught the palace and spend the rest of our time wandering around the city and shopping. We ended up spending three + hours in side the palace. It was massive! It was very well laid out and had a number of posters with the different popes and a number of artifacts and models - each had a number and when you entered it into the handpiece it gave you informaiton. We followed the signs through the palace and we ended up on the roof! There was a tiny roof top cafe and we were about to enjoy a cafe & chocolate while looking at the amazing views. We managed to pop into a few shops and then returned to the ship for lunch (3 courses!) and then we lounged around while we sailed down the river to pick up some passengers who had taken an additional tour to a winery.
Dinner was lovely (6 courses). the crew had planned an evening lantern tour of the next village when we docked, around 10.30pm. Unfortunately we fell asleep and missed the tour.
We have met lots of lovely people, inparticular an elderly couple (80+ is our guess) named May and Walter who are from San Franscisco. We have sat with them for the last two evenings.
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