Carpentras and Avignon, Provence

In the morning we went to a very crowded market in a charming town, Carpentras.
Eliot got in more Provençal play time, too.






Then we headed into Avingnon, touring while Eliot slept in the stroller. We saw many quaint quarters of the walled city and the pope's palace. The pope withdrew to Avingnon in the 14th century or so because Rome had become unpleasant. The city did not actually join France until after the French revolution. The last photo in this post is of the square just outside the pope's palace.