Sunday, November 9, 2014

PALAIS DES PAPES - POPES PALACE - AVIGNON


Three weeks and a third location - Avignon, France.  When we turned the corner we thought we were on a film set.  Gulp - it was real!  This is the Popes Palace one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe.  This papal residence was the seat of Western Christianity during the 14th Century.  A time when the Popes resided in France.  Astounded J&J.

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  1. Well, some of the popes at least. It also was a time when the Church was split between the pope in Avignon and the Pope in Rome.

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  2. Gorgeous building, and forecourt. Avignon is a complicated city with the full range of social problems. I adored it.

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    1. Why Avignon is complicated? All cities are complicated, all have their social problems in all countries of the world! The advantage in this is that France was not allowed to abandon the disadvantaged, we help them out of trouble, thanks to our social system without exception everyone has access to health care as they are for example !
      Pourquoi Avignon est compliquée ? toutes les villes sont compliquées, toutes ont leurs problèmes sociaux dans tous les pays du monde! L'avantage en France c'est que l'on ne laissa pas à l'abandon les plus défavorisés, on les aident à sortir de la difficulté, grâce à notre système social tous le monde sans exception a l 'accès aux soins tels qu'ils soient par exemple!

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  3. So three weeks: Paris, Lyon, Avignon. Anything to follow that?

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    1. C'est agréable de découvrir la France avec toute sa gastronomie j'espère !
      It's nice to discover France gastronomy with all I hope!

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    2. Our fourth destination is home Julie :-).

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    3. Goodo ... I can understand the feeling in that sentence!

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  4. What a stunning structure Joe and you managed to capture the beauty of it. 3 weeks and you've visited 3 amazing cities.

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