Avignon, France home to 9 Popes....oops... haven't posted in a while. here was one of my little voyages in France.

So this was one of my last voyages in France before coming home. Nicki and I had planned to go to Marseilles for the weekend but there was another transportation strike, which made it harder to get to and from places and there was also another strike going on specifically in Marseilles which happened to be a garbage strike. So i didn't want to go there if it was going to be disgustingly dirty so Nicki said that she would go with me to Avignon, France instead which actually wasn't far from Marseilles. It was sooo much fun and we laughed for the entire day. So we went to Avignon, this tiny but really beautiful city which is home to the Palais de Papes, which translates as the Popes Palace. I didn't know this before but Popes from the catholic church didn't always live in Italy. There was a period in time where there were 2 Popes for the Catholic church at the same time. One was in France and another was in Italy. A At the time the people were confused and didn't know which pope they should follow. Since then there were 8 other popes who lived in Avignon, France. Nicki and I even learned that at a time the Palace was overrun and was full of soldiers. Crazy huh?? 

Palais de Papes...  the Pope's Palace

this was soo random and was right in front of the Popes palace. I had fun doing a hand stand in front of everyone

there were some beautiful pieces of art in the palace

Look how artistic I am

This room was awesome but we weren't permitted to take pics inside the room since there is still the original painting done of the walls.

this was my one of my fav rooms. It was enormous and if i remember correctly this is where they would hold their festivities.

this is called the "Crowning of the Virgin" If you can't tell there is an angel on each side of the Virgin holding a crown  

Nicki decided to start climbing up this rock wall that we passed

This is Nicki dancing on le Pont d'Avignon "the Avignon bridge" there is a song about dancing on this bridge and so she started dancing. it was hilarious

these last pics are in a really cool museum in Avignon

Life is crazy!!!! Families are amazing

due to a family emergency I will be coming home. Have you ever had an experience that literally feels like a rug has just been pulled out from under your feet? Well I just did and am not quit sure what to do. It's very interesting to me how quickly ones perspective changes and what becomes really important when something serious happens in life, especially when this something has to do with family. For anyone that has any discord in their family or with a close friend it's not worth it! Don't worry about who was or still is at fault just go and fix it. You'll be surprised especially if you aren't the one at fault (or think you aren't when normally everyone is at fault to a certain degree) to see how quickly the anger and hurt go away. I have aways found it interesting to see that when someone is hurt and chooses not to forgive how it ends up making them them as unhappy or even more unhappy then the person that offended them. There is nothing good that comes out of being unforgiving.

A few pics of some people i LOVE!!!!