Avignon is a small medieval town, down to the stone walls and castle. Oddly enough, on the weekends it seems to turn into a mall. The main drag is littered with boutiques, I guess because there are lots of tourists coming through. The man at the desk in our hotel seemed genuinely surprised thet we were staying for 5 days.
There are a small collection of cute shops full of lavender and lavender soaps and oils and ice cream. I guess it all comes from Provance. The ice cream was fantastic. I did buy some cheap tubes of spices to take home, still pondering the lavender.. Pretty sure i could find a use for that much...
In a continuing trend Ian and I have persisted in eating a fair amount of asian food, or "Chinoise", which is acually mostly Vietnamese with some Thai mixed in. Curry's are not as sweet as in Amsterdam, but if it says 'spicy' on the menu don't have super high expectations. My body is apparently confused by me trying to live off of sweets and bread and cheese, so some vitamins were in order. There is a nice sushi place in the centre of town called Naka, and I slurped down a plate of the most beautiful salmon sashimi I have ever had. Ian has also taken to clearing his plate, partly because , 'can you box up my leftovers,' is not really a thing here. At the little vietnamese place by us we got shots of sake as an aperitif, and they had marbles in the base with pics of naked people under them that you could only see when the cup was full. I will try to post a pic, we will see if blogger takes it down. :)
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