One day that week in Avignon, we travelled around to some of the smaller villages in the area. We started the day by seeing the old Roman aquaduct that still stands but is no longer in use. Will just an decline of 3 inches every 100 feet, it provided 9 million gallons of water to citizens of Nimes (the largest city in Europe by population at time of the Roman Empire). You can't tell from this picture that well but there are 3 levels of arches.
Next we went to the town where VanGogh too up residences for a while and painted some of his most famous paintings, basing them off places in this town. There is an old colloseum here that is currently being restored. When I say restored, it looks like they are literally replacing the stones. We had a lovely lunch a Spanish restaurant, the only place we could find open.
And then it was onto one last village that sits on the top of a hill. It almost looks like an ice cream scoop on top of a cone with the way it hangs over. Probably the quaintest of all the villages we visited, you can't help but love its charm. We found a doll maker who makes those classic french dolls. Oh, there is something about the candyshops here in France. They certainly know how to do them! What a wonderful view from the overlooks in the town into the valley! I noted that some of houses at the bottom of the valley were actually built into the hillside!! Those houses aren't going anywhere!
One day that week in Avignon, we travelled around to some of the smaller villages in the area. We started the day by seeing the old Roman aquaduct that still stands but is no longer in use. Will just an decline of 3 inches every 100 feet, it provided 9 million gallons of water to citizens of Nimes (the largest city in Europe by population at time of the Roman Empire). You can't tell from this picture that well but there are 3 levels of arches. 
Next we went to the town where VanGogh too up residences for a while and painted some of his most famous paintings, basing them off places in this town. There is an old colloseum here that is currently being restored. When I say restored, it looks like they are literally replacing the stones. We had a lovely lunch a Spanish restaurant, the only place we could find open.
And then it was onto one last village that sits on the top of a hill. It almost looks like an ice cream scoop on top of a cone with the way it hangs over. Probably the quaintest of all the villages we visited, you can't help but love its charm. We found a doll maker who makes those classic french dolls. Oh, there is something about the candyshops here in France. They certainly know how to do them! What a wonderful view from the overlooks in the town into the valley! I noted that some of houses at the bottom of the valley were actually built into the hillside!! Those houses aren't going anywhere!
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