Foreign Perspectives

We thought we’d have a little daytrip to see the Pont du Gard on Wednesday. It’s only about two hours drive from here so no real problem getting there and back in a day.

The game plan was that we’d head off as soon as the guests checked out ie around 9am but, as usual, didn’t make it away ’til rather later than that and it ended up being more like 11.30 before we started onto the motorway. As it turned out, that was about the perfect time to see the aqueduct as in the morning the sun highlights the abomination that the French added in the 1700s (ie the bridge) and in the afternoon it highlights perfectly the aqueduct itself leaving the bridge in the shade, as it should be.

By then we’d had a quick squint at the map and figured that as we were there anyway that we might as well stay and see both Nimes and Avignon.

Or, in short, we’re just back this evening.