Our last stop in France was in Avignon, where we were guests of our dear French friends, Colette and Jean-Paul, who we first meet on our beach 3 years ago, while they were vacationing in FL.
You would have thought we were Royality, and treated throughout our visit to the tradational European style of dining, and Jean-Paul's excellent cooking. Colette was a superb tour guide and managed to show us the many diverse regions/countryside in and around Avignon, which included Pont de Gard aquaduct and a Roman Colosseum, where bull fights are still conducted today. The Santa Maria de la mar area, where one sees many bulls and special bred of large white horses.
But the sight that amazed us the most was the Roman ampitheatre in L'Orange, more than 2000 years old and theatre productions/operas are still performed (one needs to book a year in advance, to be sure of seeing a performance) no microphones are needed, the acoustics from this ancient, beautiful outdoor amtitheatre, are apparenty amazing.
The castle at Beux, was another treat, with wonderful views of the olive orchards for as far as the eye could see. Then a quick tour of Marseille (2nd largest city in France) before boarding our plane for Lisbon.
Thank you both for being such wonderful hosts.
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