Avignon: Where Drama Meets Chill 🇫🇷✨

Originally chose this Provençal gem for its convenience (near Marseille’s iffy airport ✈️—skip the direct flights, per local advice), but stayed for its perfect blend of culture and calm. 🎭 Why Avignon? Theater capital: July’s festival turns streets into stages, but off-season has its own magic. Tourist-friendly: Detailed Chinese audio guides at the Pont d’Avignon (that iconic broken bridge!), museums galore, and a stellar visitor center. Compact charm: Everything’s walkable—from the Palais des Papes (where kids gawk at carousels 🎠) to hidden courtyards with singing grandpas. Gave him all my spare coins—worth it! 🖼️ Culture Fix Musée Calvet: Stumbled upon it post-dinner—vivid paintings and sculptures. Gerard Darel boutique: Impulse-bought a bag after a très elegant sales pitch. (Turns out it’s a French cult brand!) 👜 🍽️ Food Notes Restaurant Acte 2: 4-course "slow food" feast (3hrs—bring patience!). Croissants: Flakier, butterier—why is France just better at bread? 🥐 🚗 Travel Growth Haggled with a non-Chinese driver (new fearless me!) for the airport ride. Work-life-travel blur: Leaning into spontaneity. #AvignonVibes #SlowTravel #FrenchFlair