We hired a driver to take us on the "Stone Monuments" tour. It is supposed to be a group tour, but today it was only the two of us and a lady from New Zealand. Even though it is normally quite touristy here, we have been very lucky with not running into crowds.
We went to the Pont du Gard, which is the remains of a Roman aqueduct, built about 2000 years ago. This is the largest aqueduct remaining, and also has the largest arches. We both were expecting that it was built over a raging river, but the supports are all on dry land. This makes bit more sense, since it probably wouldn't be standing if the supports were constantly being eroded by water. We also saw the remains of Glanum, a Roman/Greek/Gaul city and the small town of Les Baux, which was abandoned in the middle ages.
Even though the driver kept apologizing for how late the growth was this year, we also saw what we considered to be fields full of growth and trees full of friut, and that seems pretty early to us!
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