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Caught the TGV train from Gare du Lyon in Paris to Avignon in the south of France. Stayed overnight and explored the charming streets of Avignon which is on the Rhone river and surrounded by 800 year old stone walls and home to the Pope’s old Palace( Palais des Papes).The crooked streets are filled with lovely architecture, leafy squares, medieval churches and quaint houses. The Petit Palais contains pre-renaissance and 16th century Italian religious paintings, my favourite being The story of Pasiphae, Theseus and the Minotaur by  Campana Cassoni.Also loved the “Madonna with Child” by Sandro Botticelli.