Ancient city a delight to visit; Jeanette Smith takes the train to Avignon.(Features)

The Journal (Newcastle, England) | November 15, 2008 | Copyright

I DANCED on the bridge at Avignon - but I got it wrong! And so have many others.

It isn't until you go to this historic city that the song you learnt in school French lessons - Sur le pont D'Avignon - does not say that people danced on the bridge, but under it.

It's all a case of accent: One has a circumflex, the other doesn't.

But grammar aside, Avignon is an amazing ancient walled city full of history and significant buildings set in beautiful Provencal countr yside.

It's an ideal base to explore Provence but with enough attractions to ...

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