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Following Van Gogh to Arles

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October 25th 2011
The next couple of days were spent taking the train to Arles for a day-trip to see some of the sites that Van Gogh painted, including the famous Cafe De La Nuit. Reading reviews that it was overpriced and not very good (proven by the single table of 2 eating there), we decided to have lunch at a cafe in the same square, which was filled with people. Back in Avignon, Matt & I walked the entire ... read more

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