We went to Avignon today! We woke up, decided to book it to the train station, and originally had the intent of going to Arles. The layover in Marseille was too long, so we just asked for her to check the price and time to get to Avignon. It was cheaper, and faster, so we took it! We hopped on the train (luckily after I bought some rainboots because it rained all day), and made it to our connection in Marseille. Of course, the train had a different name than on our ticket, and we couldn't understand the guy at the counter, so we were running to catch it. We found it and were hopping on until we realized that we had been assigned a car number, 18, and that we were in car 1. The trains don't connect all the way down, so we had to run to the other end of the longest passenger train I have ever seen haha before the train left. But we made it! We got to Avignon, took the bus to the city center, and spent the day wandering around and shopping. There is decenct shopping in Avignon, and one store that we found especially amazing.
We took a tour of the Palais du Papes, which used to be what Rome is today. We saw the Avignon Bridge, which is for some reason famous. We ate gelato at a really amazing little Italian place that also had 28 flavors of hot chocolate, and then before we caught our train back we had a beer at an Irish pub where we met a few really interesting guys who are in the French Foreign Legion.
The train back was easy, and it was definitely a good day trip. Yes, it rained the whole time, but c'est la vie! Totally worth it!
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