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<p>Our week in Provence was in three parts - Avignon, Aix en Provence and Arles.</p>
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<p>We flew out of Stansted. Ryanair took off 45 mins late which meant our arrival in Marseille gave us 15 minutes to get from airport to station. For the first time ever I used Uber and the driver managed to save the day, delivering us to the station with 2 minutes to share.</p>
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<p>Two nights but only one full day here so we had to make the most of the town. Our hotel was close to the station and just outside the town wall.</p>
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<p>A walled town is great to explore because you can never get lost once you are inside the walls. We visited many of points of interest including the Papal Palace and of course the bridge (sur le pont D'Avignon). The area was under a flood threat and it wasn't possible to walk on the bridge but I don't think we missed much.</p>
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<p>We caught an early morning train via Marseille to Aix en Provence. It was straightforward to call an Uber to take us to our hotel on the edge of the city. I'd never used Uber before and was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was.</p>
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<p>After checking in to our hotel we met up with Clive and Tricia. We walked through the Saturday market before heading up to a Cezanne.</p>
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