Avignon Luminescences

The Pope's Palace in Avignon puts on a fantastic light show from mid-August through October which takes place in the courtyard of the palace. Its a large space with high walls and open to the sky. The light show tells the history of the palace from its beginnings in 1300's through modern times and it is really pretty spectacular!
We took Maya and went over for the 9 pm show which last about an hour.

We had to wait in line and go through security and once we got into the space we could see how huge it was.

We settled in with a blanket on the ground and waited as it got darker outside. We took this selfie before the show began.

I am not going to tell the story here...you'll have to try and see it for yourselves some day...but I've taken a few photos to share with you.( I hope I'm not in trouble for this...I thought it said no photos but JC said no FLASH photos or videos and other people were taking pictures so...!!!)

This is about war and arrival of the plague:

End of plague and of a royal reign

 New things coming

Founding of the Felibrige and Frédéric Mistral

 Artworks from within the Palace. (You can see the size of this...at the bottom of the red robe there is a silhouette of a spectator.)

 Hommage to the founding of the Avignon theatre festival and Jean Vilar

 The grand finale with the name of the city in "needlepoint."

Since our time in Provence will soon be over JC and I went to the Friday market in Carpentras and took some photos to share. Here is the fountain in the newly refurbished square near the Mairie...all walking area now with no car traffic.

The lavender fields have now been harvested so you can see new lavender in bouquets. Summer clothes are on sale too even though the weather has been very hot still.

This stand in front of the cathedral usually has the "up to date" outfits. Looks like lime green still is around!!

We like to buy cheese in this shop near the Mairie. They also have a great selection of wines and other interesting food items. (The square is reflected in the window)

I loved the design on these sardine cans. The one on the right tells the tale of the sardine which blocked the harbor of Marseille...if you can enlarge it you can get the "rest of the story."

As we pack the suitcase I am thinking back to the great trip we've had this summer and I'm going to add some photos here of things that cross my mind.

This was in June in Cassis...could it already be so far away???

As you know I collect photos of my favorite little automobile...here are two more great colors spotted on the streets of Carpentras.

No stay is complete without a bit of lavender...here at the Abbaye de Senanque.

Enjoying a café in Roussillon!

A view of Venasque in early days of August.

 This poster pretty much sums up the summer for me.

Could this summer already be over???? Kids are going back to school as I write this...it is September first in France!

I'll write some more once we get home but for now its packing and spending the last few days with our family. So I'll say à la prochaine!! Thanks for joining the journey.