Monday 6 April 2009

The official view

Boulevard Saint Roch
Spring along the city walls - the perfect tourist brochure view. Yes, I've been paid by the Tourist Office (I wish!)

Printemps le long des remparts de la vieille ville - le parfait cliché pour brochure touristique. Oui, je suis financée par l'Office du Tourisme (on peut rêver !)

23 comments:

Moura Aveirense said...

So beautiful!!! I miss Avignon so much... maybe next June I will return again.

Warm regards from Portugal, Moura Aveirense

Lowell said...

Absolutely gorgeous. Love the wall, too. You should be paid by the Tourist Office!

jordaenne said...

Chère Nathalie.
Votre photo, c'est extravagant en richesse.
Cela montre les textes de la nature écrit en la pierre, solidifié, et les fleurs d'une beauté éclair.

magnifique, merci.

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

This is indeed perfect for the cover of the tourist brochure.

Owen said...

Ah, some beautiful flowers for girls in Avignon to put in their hair before they head across the bridge to the beautiful new beach...

Shutterup-Shutterbug said...

Nathalie, this is a perfect picture. So beautiful!!

JudithK said...

Thank you for your wonderful photos of a very special city.

Thérèse said...

Et on peut toujours rêver que le mur est en Legos...
A t'il plu dernièrement à Avignon pour que tout soit si pur?

Olivier said...

belle perspective, et en + on se croirait deja au beau milieu du printemps, les fleurs sont superbes. Propose toujours a l'office du tourisme

Kim said...

If not for the distinctive Avignon wall, this assortment of plants and flowers might be somewhere in California! Icelandic Poppies, Primroses, Violas, a Yucca tree/bush and a Bird of Paradise. So, will this shot appear in your AIP Calendar for next year? :-)
It is really lovely to see.
-Kim

jeandler.blog.lemonde.fr said...

Boulevard Saint Roch. Et son chien, qu'en as-tu fait? De Montpellier vers l'Italie, est-il seulement passé à Avignon?

Babzy.B said...

C'est chouette que la ville fleurisse si bien ses espaces verts !

Adam said...

Instead they won't even let you inside the city walls!

It's going to rain and be cold again tomorrow - I'll come back and look at this scene then!

claude said...

C'est une pure merveille cette photo, Nathalie, bravo !

Anonymous said...

We are having snow today and tomorrow here in Ohio where I live.

My flowers, like this, are still seed in the bag waiting to be planted.

Then I will be able to take a beautiful photograph like this one that you took.

Sharon said...

Just beautiful. The flowers are fantastic.

Virginia said...

It's "officially" gorgeous. Love the mix of flowers and colors. The wall adds so much as well. We're getting a late spring freeze here tonght! How silly.
V

Fardoise said...

Perspective très colorée... pour accueillir le visiteur. J'ose espérer que c'est aussi un peu pour nous les Avignonnais.

Clueless in Boston said...

Postcard picture perfect. Have a great week.

Bergson said...

Je ne sais pas si l'office du tourisme t'aide mais pourrait t'offrir un petit remontant depuis le temps que tu fais le tour de la ville.
Je vais faire une pétition

Owen said...

Hi Nathalie, just wanted to say thanks for dropping by today, I was splitting my sides with laughter over your comment about "un truc complètement idiot" and the dog with an incontinence problem, will have to make sure he doesn't sneak up from behind ! I left you an answer there by the way. Sinon... glad you liked the Brittany photos, I love the area around St Lunaire, Dinard, and especially Lancieux, where one of the greatest poets of all time is buried. If you go down into the "labels" list and click on Robert Service, there are a few photos from Lancieux in those posts... Will be out in Brittany very soon on vacation... more Brittany photos to come.

As for the Dream House, well, now you understand, that is exactly what happened to me, the roof of one of my dream houses fell on my head... ever since I've had this strange compulsion to photograph dream houses and dream cars... of which you can see more to illustrate the point by clicking again in the labels list on dream house or dream car... :-)

Jill said...

Just stunning Nathalie.

Leif Hagen said...

Bonjour Nathalie!

OMG - gorgeous colors - a scrumptious mix of flowers next to the city wall - AAAAAA!

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