An American Girl in Avignon

Fountaine de Vaucluse
May 20, 2009
Today, we had an optional excursion to the Fountain de Vaucluse, so of course, I wanted to go! It’s a trip, and it’s paid for. Pourquoi pas? The village was near Avignon, so it didn’t take very long to get there by bus.
When we arrived, half of the group, my half, went to meet and talk with French people who worked for the Resistance during WW2. It was amazing to hear these people’s stories about the war, what they had done to help, and what they are doing now. They had truly seen it all and had incredible tales to tell. I was inspired by them. After our meeting, we got the chance to continue our conversation over lunch at a café alongside the river. I sat across from a little old woman (who downed her whole entire pizza… was very impressed), and two old gentleman and across from Meghan and Adam. They were full of quirky things to say and kept pouring us more and more wine. They were so much fun. Liked them a lot. Christophe was even kind enough to buy everyone’s lunch, drinks, and after lunch coffee. As if the lunch and stories weren’t good enough, one of the little old women needed to use the restroom, so she crawled under the table to escape…and did the same thing to get back to her seat! She was a spitfire!