Day 5

The morning started at 7:25 a.m. as we got ready to head to Orange to visit the Theatre Antique and le Musee Municipale d'Orange. I slept on the train ride over and decide to get a snack at the Pain Soleil in the train station. Miles came up with idea to compare the French bestsellers to the US bestseller book, so we looked in the book store windows to see what the popular titles were. True to the teen craze, there was a Twilight book in almost every window. At the Theatre Antique we had to draw the theatre as we listened to the audio history of the theatre. I had never heard of a theatre in such good condition outside of the few in Rome, so the Theatre Antique was a great surprise. Afterwards, we headed to le Musee Municipale d'Orange where some of us noticed that the artists tend to paint more pictures of women than men as well as the setup of the museum was directed more to tourists than locals. Lunch was had at a small restaurant were everyone ordered in French and took notes on the differences in wait services between France and America. Our next task was to venture out and take a look at banks, boutiques,pharmacies, and etc. Miles and I went into a store called Sports Adventure and questioned the manager on the ins and outs of his business. He was very helpful and willing to supply the information we asked as long as it was reasonable. We went to the bank and another shoe store to compare the information.

The day ended with a train ride to back to Avignon, but the train from Avignon to Isle sur la Sorgue was cancelled so we had to wait and come back later. We ate dinner and later Miles and I went for a walk and picked up a cappuccino, chocolat, and a cafe leigore. The night ended with sitting by the river with Tia and Mollie as we looked at the scenery.