Red terracotta roofs, sun bleached stone walls, dusty vineyard lanes. But the IKEA is still blue. Jenn and I made a multi modal run out to the big blue box in Avignon for some home essentials. Between bikes, trains and deliveries we’re slowly getting the place furnished. The electricity is finally fully functional, but internet service is still in process. Update: The furniture delivery did not go as expected. You see, in the 1400s some fancy this or that built a big wall around their castle and installed a big gate. In 1792, some folks from the next village over decided they'd had enough of that castle and tore it down, though the gate survives and remains the only passage wide enough for a van to drive though. Unfortunately IKEA's delivery partner did not bring a van. No, they brought a giant box truck that did not fit through the aforementioned 15th century passage. They offer that they could either take all the stuff away, or drop it in the street and we could sort it out. We chose the later, and sorted it out.
