Day 35: Avignon




 Only 25kms today but it felt like 70. The first 11 by a busy road directly into a 30 mph wind. It aches the muscles, makes the eyes water and is depressing. The last 15 were a bit protected but still hard. When we, miserable, arrived in Avignon we found the camping grounds packed as it was the first day of the annual festival. This massive theatre festival is around 1000 shows over three weeks. The town was really hopping. Performers in the streets trying to convince the public to see them. We talked the campsite into a couple of nights, I have no clue why they were reluctant as there was plenty of space for cyclists. We went into town and visited the palace of the Popes who reigned from here for 100s of years.And, of course, the famous bridge. The next day we took a local bus €1.50 to the Pont du Gard the largest Roman aquaduct in the world, another marvel of engineering. 

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