The Abingdon Blog is having a few days rest as the blogger has been visiting places in the south of France, including Avignon. Avignon has a famous bridge across the Rhône.
At Avignon, the original bridge no longer goes all the way across.It has fallen down and been rebuilt a number of times. The Rhône is a powerful river and during the mini ice age, of medieval times, big blocks of ice came crashing against the spans sending them tumbling into the water.
The Avignon bridge is known around the world because of the famous children’s song,
Sur le pont d’Avignon,
On y danse,
on y danse,
Sur le pont d’Avignon,
On y danse,
tous en rond.
There was no dancing today, but a mistral was blowing us all about, and I thought that people taking pictures of each other, or selfies, looked like dancing.
Normal blog service will be resumed as soon as I find my way back from Avignon to Abingdon. Take care. It would be dangerous dancing Sur le Pont d’Abingdon.
I love Avignon – and the little song. However, the more recent suggestion is that the original words were Sous le pont d’Avignon (Under the bridge).
There is a an excellent TGV service to Avignon. On arrival, you are two minutes walk from the city walls and another 10 minutes from the Palais des Papes. It is a great place to visit.
Enjoy your holiday, it is a lovely part of France.
Bon vacances!
Typo. No ‘s’! Bon vacance.
I’m sorry to be picky but it is actually Bonnes Vacances.
Let’s see how picky people really are. Have a lovely holida.
I realise I got it wrong twice! Doh!