With Warwick and Sam and a hired car, we headed off to an air bnb in the Centre of Avignon. We wanted to really see the 'Carrieries de Lumieres' and it is not reachable from the boat.. This show was inside an old amazingly huge lime stone quarry and depicted Most of Van Gogh works through his life span.
An absoltuely amazing light show lasting about 50mins.
Afer that with temps around 42-44 degrees we headed off to 'Pont du Gard' for a swim.
The Pont du Gard is a Roman aqueduct built in 40-60AD.
It was built to carry water to the baths, fountains and homes of the citizens of Nimes from the springs of the Fountaine d'Eure near Uzes. It used to take 40,000m3 of water 50kms a day to the 50,000 inhabitants of Nimes.
The aqueduct here stands 160 feet high and the water duct descends a mere 2.5cm over the span, while the whole aqueduct descends only 41 feet in height over its whole length, (50kms) indicative of what the Roman engineers did with simple technology.
Sam and I trying not to get run over by the hundreds of canoes on the water.
Next day did the tourist thing in the Old City of Avignon,
Le Palais des Papes.
It is one of the largest and most important Medival Gothic buildings in Europe. The Papal Court fled Rome and Avignon became the seat of Western Christianity during the 14C, and 7 Popes lived there. Construction started in AD1252, and by the time the palace was finshed it covered 11,000m2 and was enormously expensive, consuming much of the papacy's income during construction..
And of course the 'Pont d'Avignon', or the 'Saint Benezet Bridge'.
Built in the 12th C but destroyed by floods and made unusable in 1668.
To dance or no to dance???????
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Max cooling down of an evening.
A morning delivery to the shop next door to where we were staying.
Then we returned to Lyon and Kiwi Rose.
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and a thought for the day!!!!!
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