Day Four – Beaune, Montelimar, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence

Shopping in Avignon

Another success!! Hope you've all be keeping track of how much Mary Anne's been buying!!

In front of the papal Palace in Avignon

'Sur le pont d'Avignon...dah dah dah dah dah dah dah...'

At the nougat factory in Montelimar...

With the wonderful Harvey (pronounce Arvay)

Today we travelled past the vineyards of Macon & Beaujolais and the valley of the river Rhone to Montelimar, famous for its delicious nougat. Here, we stopped to visit a nougat factory and enjoyed a wonderful introduction to the art of nougat making, courtesy of our charming host, Harvey. We’re still not sure if anyone actually likes nougat or if they just couldn’t resist buying some goods from the equally delectable Harvey! Unfortunately they didn’t have a bag large enough to take him with us!

Afterward, we headed south to the papal city of Avignon, where we had the opportunity to see the papal Palace and the broken bridge made famous by the popular French song… “Sur le pont d’Avignon…” A few days later, we’re still having trouble getting that our of our heads!