Palais des Papes and Our most. . . Interesting Dinner.

Continuing on our second day, after we left the Picasso exhibit we drove into Avignon to visit the Palais des Papes. Which translated into English means the Palace of the Popes. This became the residence of the Popes in 1309, and it is definitely ornate as the popes tend to be. They had some rooms that still had the old wall paper/paintings on it. The building was enormous and so beautiful. It was built by many popes during many time periods so it has so many rooms that have different styles and staircases that lead to no where. It was so fun.

This is a picture of the window that the Pope would greet the crowd in the courtyard below before mass.

This is a picture of the other side of the courtyard. We weren't allowed to take pictures in a lot of the rooms but I hope that these (especially the next one) will portray the grandeur of this place.

This is the Grand Chapel. It was the neatest room. So big. They used to have curtains and gold and all sorts of elaborate decorations. They would hold mass here. There is a grand staircase leading into the was just beautiful. It really was a grand place.

This is me on the roof of the palace looking through the wall at the chapel with another statue of Mary on the top. As you can see by the hair it was still windy and I was still holding down my skirt!Here is Troy looking through the same hole in the opposite direction. I don't know if you can see it but there is a castle in the background. Only in France!!
Here is the view without Troy in it. I think you can see the castle better in this one.

This is a picture we took of us just so that I would have one of the two of us together. I loved being able to be with my sweetheart with no interruptions. It was nice to have long conversations and dinner that I got to eat while it was still hot.

And speaking of dinner. . .

That night we ate at a place called Tapas. Which is some kind of food like little side dishes that you get a bunch of and share with everyone at that table. We picked this restaurant because it had been a while since we could order in English and they had an English menu. So I ordered what with the description sounded to me to be a salad. Yeah it sooooo was not. It was some bowl full of tomatoes and some other chopped something or others that was sooo not good. It was the only time we ordered in English and were surprised when the food came to the table!

Because I didn't eat very much I made Troy take me for dessert. This is a crepe with Carmel and vanilla ice cream and Carmel and chocolate sauce, and obviously some whipped cream. It was sooo yummy. I love the french crepes especially when they make them like this!