The bridge is at the end of a lock (écluse) in a small town in Charente Maritime,
Can you hear the water rushing through the gates?
Tag - bridge
Saturday, January 12 2013
ON THE BRIDGE - sur le pont
By carolweb on Saturday, January 12 2013,
Monday, July 12 2010
AVIGNON
By carolweb on Monday, July 12 2010,
"Sur le pont d'Avignon, on y danse, on y danse...."
Here it is, the famous bridge; small isn't it? I went and danced on it one year with my daughter.
But in Avignon during the theatre festival, nobody looks at the bridge, they're all in the air-conditionned(climatisés) theatres or in the stifling (étouffant) hot streets. 38°! Very hot. The streets are full of theatre-goers, from 9a.m. to 1a.m; full of restaurants and bars with people eating or having cold drinks; full of costumed actors distributing flyers (tracts) and trying to convince potential spectators to go and see their play (pièce). There's a fantastic atmosphere, I love it.
Every possible place in the streets is covered with posters of the 1000 plays to choose from each day.
1000 plays!! Imagine! If you saw six a day for the 24 days of the festival you wouldn't see a quarter!
