ANNECY FRANCE

We left the cruise this morning and caught a train to ANNECY. Part of our train ride was on the TGV which is a train that goes 180 miles an hour. Just got here but have a few pictures for you. 

Nonnie laxing on the train 

Nonnie in front of our hotel on the river 

A pretty old house 

The clock tower 

A good looking girl in a pretty place 

The river running through town

Hillbillies on holiday

ARLES, FRANCE

We spent the day in Arles; another Roman City at one time.  This is the area of France called Provence.  Lots of pretty villages along the Rhone River.  The painter Van Gogh spent the last years of his life here painting many of his most important works.   

The kids in the colosseum 

They are glad to see us return

Bark of the Plantains tree

Lemon tree

Prettiest girl in Arles at the hospital where Van Gogh stayed for a while and painted

Bonnie looking for somewhere to shop

The colosseum in Arles; holds 22,000 the one in Rome holds 80,000

Inside

The arena where they have bull fights now

In the galleries under the colosseum

A pretty girl in a pretty place

The cafe where Van Gogh painted the painting below

TOURNON FRANCE

Today we visited Tourney, France.  The excursion for the day was a steam train ride up  through the mountains to the top  of one of those mountains.  We sat on the wrong side of the train and didn't get that many good pictures.  The afternoon was spent sailing down the Rhone toward Avignon.  After dinner we went to a Dance Party where we danced to lots of oldies including YMCA as you can see, in the pictures, but also, All My Exes Live In Texas, with a French accent.  Tomorrow Arles.  Enjoy the pictures.  The internet is slow on the ship; it takes about 6 hours to upload these pictures.

At the hop

Map of Tourney

YMCA

Castle

Kids on the bridge

Nonnie and the bridge

Pictures of our steam train ride

Bridge from the 1400's

Lots of pretty houses

Corn they use to feed Chickens

Nonnie on the road above the Aqueduct

Nonnie's Salad at lunch

VIENNE, FRANCE

We spent the day in Vienne, France.  The Romans came here in the second century BC.   There is a very good Museum dedicated to the time when the Romans were here.  At the end of the pictures you will see The Temple of Augustus which is one of the only intact Roman temples left in the world.  In a recent PBS special it was said to be one of the ten most important buildings that contributed to modern architecture.   Enjoy a few pictures.  Sorry for the delay; bad internet service right now.

A pretty Flower in some pretty flowers

The answer was yes I'll have some

Amphora 

Nonnie on the Roman Road.  A little rough for  street rod. 

If you have been in an outhouse you know what this is.

A mosaic floor

Citroen 2CV

We went to a church just before a wedding.

Beautiful arches and my beauty.

Jefferson was the Ambassador to France.  The front of his home; Monticello looks just like this as do many government building in our country.  They look like this because Jefferson was so impressed by this building that it's design inspired many buildings; and this is a small town in southern France.

Nonnie going back on the ship.