Day One France - Provence

On Monday, September 26, we departed Barcelona on the Renfe train to Figures-Villifant.  At Figures, we transferred to a French TGV for the remainder of the journey to Nimes which was our destination.  At Nimes, we rented a car for our travels from Provence to Burgundy where we will turn in the car.  The car is wonderful but there is too much electronics.  We still haven't figured out how to use everything.  Oh well.  Our first task was to set up our new Garmin Nuvi GPS with European maps.  We've named the GPS Francine.  So far, it works more than great.  It's been awsome. 

We rented the car in Nimes so that we could begin our touring by visiting the Pont Du Gard.  The Pont Du Gard is probably the best remaining example of the Roman aquaducts.  The following are our pictures from Pont du Gard.   

Larry & Mary at Pont Du Gard (France)

Roman Aquaduct at Pont du Gard (France)

 

Roman Aquaduct at Pont du Gard (France)

No need to bore everybody with the hotel check-in.  We're in a small B&B in Avignon called Hotel Le Colbert.  Quite charming and reasonably priced.  What was special was our nice provincial French dinner at a nearby restaurant up the street called Le Pieddore.  Here's a quick picture of the interior of the dining room.  Dinner was fabulous. 

Dining Room at Le Pieddore (Avignon)