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Avignon was about to burst forth with a three-week live theatre(s) festival, and thus the town was plastered with posters for this, that, and the other production.
The little sign asking, "so, where's Chelm?" or "which way to Chelm?" caught our eye - stories about the Fools inhabiting the mythical Chelm are an Eastern European Jewish answer to Sven and Ole stories to Scandinavian emigrants to the upper midwest, or Mullah Nasruddin stories, or Newfie jokes to Canadians.
Avignon / France
The historic centre, which includes the Palais des Papes, the cathedral, and the Pont d'Avignon, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The medieval monuments and the annual Festival d'Avignon have helped to make the town a major centre for tourism.
Avignon Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms d'Avignon) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in Avignon, above the Palais des Papes.
The cathedral is a Romanesque building, mainly of the 12th century, the most prominent feature of which is the gilded statue of the Virgin which surmounts the western tower. Among the many works of art in the interior, the most beautiful is the mausoleum of Pope John XXII, a masterpiece of Gothic carving of the 14th century. (Wikipedia)
This is the Ferris Wheel at Avignon (France)
It was my first real attempt at night shooting.
Night shooting is a bit of a mystery to me but I learned one thing - I need a better tripod. The one I used seems to sit the camera slightly at an angle and it moves when I press the shutter. Maybe that means I need to learn how to use the shutter remotely as well as buying the equipment. I might not shoot at night that often ;-)