Another Shatow

 Due to circumstances outside my control(total brain fade) I assumed we were due to leave Avignon this morning but fortunately I spotted the error in time. Thank god my current wife does not mind packing and unpacking our collection of suitcases which mysteriously has grown by 50%😕.

So we decide to walk to the Abbey st Andrew via Villeneuve.

The day is shockingly hot but we proceed under the blistering heat with only ice cream shops and cafes between us and death.

Totally worn out and dehydrated we reach the fort and abbey which turns out to have a most delightful garden.



Tonight we dine on steak-I honestly believe the French keep the toughest cuts of meat for Australians-something to do with revenge about La Perouse!

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