Pont du Gard Provence France Sat 16 Sep

Up at 6am, breakfast 7am. Left the Le Pont Face West hotel about 8.30am and I drove to Pont du Gard. This was the first time I have driven left hand drive. Arrived around 9.30am and took photos.. The Pont du Gard is part of the Roman aqueduct of Nimes . It was built around 50AD to transport water from a spring near Uzes towards the city of Nimes up until the 6th century. We took the 10.30am tour of the aqueduct on the top of the bridge. Lots of detail in French and an English summary. In the middle ages when the Roman stone was being taken from the aqueduct the Pont du Gard was spared as people wanted to use the middle level bridge to cross the river. Left around 11.30am to drive towards Carcassone. Purchased petrol at a Narbonne Carrefour self serve and pay petrol station. E10 95 octane petrol was around 1.95 Euro per litre ($AUS 3.50 per litre maybe). Had lunch in the adjacent shopping centre and purchased groceries in a COSCO like Carrefour shop.Read more