The weather just continued to get hotter: it was in the mid to high 30s on our last day in Avignon so we decided to visit the Palais des Papes to at least be inside in shade. Unfortunately we didn’t get there as early as we planned: we had an early wander down the rue des Teinturiers (the old textile dyers street still with water wheels) and then headed to the market to get supplies for lunch. By the time we got to the Palais there were several large tour groups ahead of us. But once we were inside it wasn’t too bad.

The rooms of the Palais are essentially empty; but you have a tablet which shows using a 3D program what the rooms would have been like and explains how they were used. And the scale of some of the rooms is vast! Some rooms retain their frescos – my favourite was the stag room, which was decorated with a huge 360 degree hunting mural which is still quite complete – aside from one wall where some 18th century renovator decided to insert a chimney! Unfortunately no photography was allowed in the frescoed rooms but the visit did take you up to the roof terrace of the Palais!

We hibernated again in the heat of the afternoon – after a lunch of 🦐 from the market.

Yesterday was a travel day: train from Avignon to Marseille airport then flight to Glasgow. Which sounded straightforward but was a bit more pfaffing than expected. And the budget airline terminal (we were on Easyjet) at Marseille was basic: air con but no carpet so not the most comfortable wait! Anyway, we made it after some minor delays caused by air traffic control industrial action to find that for the next few days Scotland will be unseasonably warm!