Bridesmaid at town hall door. With warm spring months comes the white gown season. Talking about weddings, the latest hot topic in the news ...

In my letterbox / Dans ma boite aux lettres Poster leftover from last March's local elections (ad for LCR, Ligue Communiste Revolutionna...

Place Pasteur In the middle of Pasteur square (place Pasteur) sits a charming stone basin and water fountain. Next to it is a cafe and snack...

Quai de la ligne If you look at yesterday's shot again you'll see that while the crew were cleaning the top deck the guests were hav...

Quai de la ligne Photo taken at 8:30 a.m. today. Tim (left) and Remy (right) will be your crew if you take a one-week Continental Waterways ...

Rue des marchands Pickpockets usually operate in pairs. One attracts your attention while the other... ;-) Les pickpockets travaillent le p...

Oh the cherry season is so short! The tree I had picked my first cherries from has been cleaned out, as have been most in the area. But I s...

Eglise Saint Pierre Saint Pierre church again : along its right hand side is this beautifully ornate metal piece which looks like a door but...

Eglise Saint Pierre An ordinary weekday afternoon around 4 pm. The square in front of St Pierre's church is deserted. The sun hits hard ...

Do poplars in your country also produce this white cottony wool ? I don't remember seeing this elsewhere. When the wind blows it flies o...

Rocher des Doms This is probably the best photo I can ever take to give you an idea of how high above the water sits the Rocher des Doms, t...

The Rhône is not a river you normally swim in - too polluted. But when a ball falls into the water, what else is there to do but take a div...

Pont d'Avignon / Pont St Bénézet Last Sunday was the annual fête nautique, which as you can guess is all about having fun around boats...

Museum night yesterday: a number of museums were open free of charge until midnight. I followed a guided visit of the excellent Angladon mu...

Things don't look too good for tonight's show (see yesterday's post). The sky has been overcast with showers since this morning ...

- What's going on? ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; - I have no idea! - Que se passe-t-il ? ;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;...

Oh the first cherry of the year, eaten straight off the tree! Do you remember my cherry tree in bloom of April 2nd? Here's the same tr...

Gare TGV Avignon / Avignon TGV train station I got home yesterday, not by plane as my previous post might suggest, but by train - possibly t...

- Honey, we forgot the kids! (Can you think of another reason why the plane turned around?) - Chéri, on a oublié les enfants ! (Avez-vous un...

Palais des Papes With two public holidays coming up, I'm taking a few days off and will be away until Monday night. Till then, I'll ...

Rue Petramale / Place du change Absolutely no parking for aeroplanes in rue Petramale. Once again I participated in the French weekly chal...

Going back a few days, a photo that I thought would be of interest: it was taken on May 1st, Labour day, when students demonstrated alongsid...

Place du Palais The city really switched into high tourist season mode last weekend: not only was there a rose show on inside the Popes Pala...

Villeneuve lez Avignon Every Saturday morning there's a market in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon. Seeing this man wearing gold and green sent me...