The next rendez vous was in a tiny side street, something du Pont Martin I think. The street looked a bit dodgy and we just weren't really feeling it after seeing the last flat. In the end the guy who was meant to show us the flat never turned up, so it was on to our third and final rendez vous of the day. This was in a totally different location, near to the train and bus station but 'extra muros' (lit. 'outside the walls', as there are ramparts surrounding 'central Avignon' and then greater Avignon is outside the ramparts.) It's still only 10 minutes walk to the centre though. We found the place without much bother even though I wasn't that sure of the name and just knew the name of the larger street and that it was 'the first little street on the left'. We found the street and it was in fact very close to the station, and the house and garden looked huge! After pressing the buzzer we were greeted by the Madame of the house, and I got my first look at one of the little tortoises in the garden!
The arrangement concerning the house is that it is split into different appartments, 4 in all- one for Madame herself, one upstairs two bedroom appartment, one downstairs two bedroom appartment and one downstairs one bedroom appartment. There is a strict rule that only one person stays in each room, and no boys (although in fact the downstairs single person appartment is lived in by a man!). I was shown the two rooms of the currently unoccupied upstairs appartment- one was a smallish single room and the other a larger double, both featuring a bed, a tv, a wardrobe, a desk and a chair, the larger also has a bookcase. There is a shared bathroom (very small) and kitchen (fair size, with oven, hob, micro, frigo, freezer, bin, worktops, cupboards, plates, cutlery etc and table and chairs) for the two people in those two bedrooms. After discussing the particulars- was it possible to get CAF? (Yes) Could friends visiting from Scotland stay? (Yes) Was the rent all inclusive? (Yes) Could I pay in cash? (Yes) Could I get internet? (Probably) I decided to take it!
So this is my pad:





There is a short story about how I got my roomate but I'll save that for next time!
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