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holiday 2000; france

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These are my holiday photo's. Due to the large number of photo's, they're only shown in a small size. Anyone interested in a full-sized copy of a photo can drop me an e-mail. My e-mail address is listed at the bottom of this page.

During this holiday I attended a single day of the photography course that my sister Rose was following. The photos I took during that day can be found on this page (the page is in Dutch).

Dordogne

These pictures were taken in the Dordogne region. Unfortunately the weather wasn't very good. That's why a lot of the pictures are quite dark.


Small but cheap. This was the chamber of the Formule 1 hotel were we slept on the way to our first destination.	A view of the river running through Montignac. We went there to get tickets for a visit to the Lascaux II cave. Unfortunately it was not allowed to take photo's inside.

The market place in Sarlat.	We made a canoe trip on the river Dordogne. The following 6 pictures were taken on that trip.

The place were we took our first break.	A view of Beynac





My sister Rose sitting in the tent, waiting for the rain to stop.	Nice and comfortable in my sleeping bag.

A view of the Château de Biron.	The courtyard of the Château de Biron.

Looking down the stairs on the outside of the Château.	Cycling through the hills.

Maureen getting ready for her first flight in an ultralight.

	Take-off!

Provence

These are from the second week of the holiday, the weather in the Provence was much better, as you can see.


Some town we passed through on the first day.	A rest in the shade.

The whole group at dinner.	A view of the river that also runs through the Pont du Gard.

The Pont du Gard; a Roman aquaduct from around 19 b.C.	It dwarfs us humans. Amazing that it's still in such a good shape after all that time. (although it has been restored [maybe several times?])

a Dutch recumbent bicycle on a Roman aquaduct. Two artifacts from across 2000 years!	This bike attracted a lot of attention on the way. :-)

	After a steep climb we enjoy the view.

And take a refreshing drink.	Lunchtime break in a small village.

On the road	And crossing the Ceze river (again).

The whole group enjoying a very nice meal of nasi. Compliments to Hans, our escort and (sometimes) cook.	Cycling can be tyring; Maurice fell asleep at the table.

The gates of the St. André fortress, that has stood guardian over Avignon for a long time.	Through the gates, looking left.

And looking straight ahead.	A view of the Pont St. Bénezet from the camping om the Île de la Barthelasse.

One of the more impressive original gates of Avignon, cut out from the rock, and guarded by the papal palace.	On our last night on the camping near Avignon, there was a magnificent fireworks display, which had been postponed from 14 Juillet due to too much wind. Since it was fired from the quay adjacent to the camping, we had a very good view of it all.

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