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2013-06-26 01:01
in France, France2013, Ntrips, Trips
For day 9, it was time to leave Vaison La Romaine to go to Arles after a good visit of Nimes on the way. It was nice to have spent 2 nice at the same place for a change :)
Internet was non existant, but I had my phone taped to the window to act as an access point that routed to the cell service (which wouldn't reach through the brick walls) :)
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So, we went to Pont du Gard, the impressive Roman Aqueduct:
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From there, we went directly to Nimes:
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There was nothing left of this stadium, but impressive:
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![they had a huge water arena for water sports they had a huge water arena for water sports](/blogimg/26/thumb1024_3261_20130626_Day09_Arles.jpg)
they had a huge water arena for water sports
They had other nice monuments:
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From one tower, you could get a really nice view of town:
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We walked down the gardens:
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The water from that amazing aqueduct that went on top of Pont du Gars eneded here to bring water to Nimes:
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From there, we finally went Arles where we had just enough time to see les thermes de Constantin:
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We walked around Arles a bit before going for a great dinner with seared foie gras sandwich. To die for :)
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