T Stands for the day trip..plus!

Hi everyone, my month of hosting at AJJ is racing on and I still have lots of ideas, unfortunately I haven't had the time I had hoped I would have! I am so enjoying seeing your take on the theme and I thank you all for your support!

I was influenced by the lavender fields in my previous post when I made this page!

I used Faber Castell water colour pencils and a water brush to colour the page and then added a card from a little pack I bought in France, part of a teabag wrapper from hubby's cup of tea in a hotel room, a clock sticker and lots of little scraps.The image is from a vintage Birthday card and the words found in my King Arthur book. I finished it off with some mark making! 'We're all going' to have birthdays for my theme at Art Journal Journey!
Having only had an afternoon and evening in Avignon we spent our first full day on a day trip to Arles - a 20 minutes train ride away!

This was the impressive sight in the main street - we walked past it following signs to the Tourist Information Centre. To answer a few questions about how we plan our trips - we read up and make a few plans before we go if there is something specific we would like to see, then we go to the TIC to find out if there is anything else we shouldn't miss and for a map if we don't already have one. This is what we needed in Arles, especially as the signs just disappeared, we asked a local for directions but still got hopelessly lost!
We stopped for a drink by the Roman Amphitheatre...and got further directions, which led us past... 

...and into the Basilique of St Trophine 

Once we found the TIC we got our map and some information and crossed the road for a delicious lunch!

I was delighted to find this as it is one of my favourites of Van Gogh's paintings...and I loved the print that was positioned to see the view....it's the Hospital Garden where Vincent was treated when he cut off his ear.

I would have loved to see the irises!

A yellow house...but not THE yellow house which is no longer to be seen.
We went back to visit the Cloisters at the Basilique.

Then headed here..

I am taking a break here to join Bleubeard and Elizabeth for T Stands for Tuesday

The cafe that was painted by Van Gogh called 'The Cafe Terrace at Night' was in the cool square 'Place du Forum'..

...and just the place to stop!

Vincent and his friends met here and the name of the cafe has now now been changed!

We had Lemon Presses which we topped up with water.
I am often asked about my patient hubby(he is really)and how he always smiles...I can tell you it sometimes takes quite a lot of funny comments from me to make him smile....

...exhausting!!!!

Refreshed, we went in search of our final place to visit! 

This is the interesting fountain at the Van Gogh Institute. We will come back here sometime in the future!

As we walked back to the railway station I wanted to look for the site of the yellow house(disappointing), as well as the view over the river.

 Sadly, we couldn't wait until dark!

Thanks for looking, Chris