Les Halles in Avignon

 a great road barrier

 a really sweet restaurant that was unfortunately closed

 le Palais des Papes (aka Popedom in the 14th century)

 my favorite little boy- shakin in out to live music

 Avignon from above

 guarding the fort

 Autumn in Provence

 

 joyous

 my top notch camera skillz plus Darcy's top notch jumping skillz led us to this picture

 footloose and fancy free

 Claire dancing on the pont

 all of us together (me, Darcy, Jordan, Claire and Natalie)

 very, very strange trompe l'oeil

 my favorite part of the Palais des Papes

 the Popedom

 le Pont d'Avignon aka the bridge to nowhere

 traditional Lyonnais appetizers at my first Bouchon

 great Bouchon

scopin' the scene

 medieval building in Perrouges

 

feuillage

 come cute goats hangin out

 just chompin' some leaves

October foliage

 Claire trying the Perrougian specialty, a sugary flatbread

 old city Perrouges

 the largest trompe l'oeil in all of Europe in my neighborhood

leather shoes in Toulouse

 bridge in Toulouse

 art school

 storm in Toulouse was surprisingly gorgeous with the brick buildings

 

 gargoyles

 Albi, the city where Henri Toulouse-Lautrec was from

 gift wrapping at the cutest paper shop

 Typical gorgeous Toulouse architecture

 headed to the cave Niaux!

 view from the mountain, near Saint Girons, France

 entrance to tour the cave and the prehistoric cave paintings (sorry no pics of the inside)

 view looking out from the cave

 Spanish city at the base of our adventure in the Pyrenees

 arriving at the refuge

 Marissa and me repping Overland

 the refuge that we stayed overnight in

 sun rising

 Marissa, my amazing host

 ice!

 ice rink!

 finishing the hike strong

back to Toulouse for my last days of vacation