Pont du Gard

This week on our Wednesday - NO School Day - we went southwest about an hour and saw the 5th most visited site in France. It is an amazing 3-tiered aqueduct that was built almost 2,000 years ago by the Romans to carry water to their city of Nîmes. The museum emphasizes how much the Romans liked their water with their public baths, flush toilets and associated transportation. I also thought the Kid's Museum was one of the best but maybe I'm not kid enough to judge. There was a goofy film too.

It was a very hot day so once we had done the museum we actually saw the incredible structure. And the swimming was great. There were rapids. The current was quite strong.

There was also a float in the middle of the river just below the Pont that I am guessing was put there to add an attraction beyond jumping off the Pont and the cliffs.

People continue to jump and with no respect to how far the jump is. You can see that the floats were very entertaining too.

The kids saw where different trades had carved their initials in the rock. As well they had taken enough history to appreciate that the Romans had ruled a large empire.

The end of the day. You can see the grandeur of the bridge. The stones butting out were left by the engineers for maintenance. The artists didn't get a vote.

But this photographer tried to get a different parting shot.