This afternoon 8 of us took the bus to Remoulins to rent canoes to canoe 2 hours and pass under the Pont du Gard on the Gardon River. This bridge/aquaduct was build in 50 AD to bring water to Nimes. It was 50 or 60 KM (30-36 miles) long to bring water from some springs to Nimes. This is apparently the longest section of the aquaduct left, the rest being in disrepair or demolished by the locals for the rock to build homes (not recently, of course). We had a picnic and then also pulled over near the Pont so we could scale the hill and walk along it - You can't actually walk on it, they built a bridge that runs along it that you can walk on. Here are some pictures:
We stopped at the bottom of this falaise for lunch.
I swear this looked like CGI when we turned the corner on the river. It made me think of the Lord of the Rings movie when they were rowing down the river and approaced the huge statues along each side.
I climbed part way up a hill to get this picture.
It was a wonderful day!!
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