Palais des Papes, part deux

Last night we went out for a drink (I had mint tea at a Moroccan restaurant instead of a drink) and this is what we saw on our way. All of the various OFF theater companies putting up their posters. There are over 1,000 performances a day during the off festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today we had a 2.5 hour guided visit of the Palais des Papes and the oldest part of the city during 90 degree heat and sun...

Here is a scale model of the Palais....you can visit about 1/2 of it, the other have is administrative and houses the Congres de something (I forgot)

This is across one of the courtyards: (sorry I forgot to rotate before I uploaded)

this is looking up the chimney/ceiling of the kitchen. It was hot in there without a fire, I can only imagine what it was like when they were actually cooking.

This is the ceiling of the Gothic chapel. The Gothic style in Provence is different than the north...no transept.

After saying mass, the pope would come to this window to greet the worshippers out in the courtyard:



Here is a self-portrait  :-)

This is the altar of the flamboyant Gothic church Eglise Saint Pierre in the oldest part of the city:

 Tomorrow I attend my first play of the festival, so I'll have to let you know how it goes......