Yelle in concert in Arles (see a couple posts ago)
A Paris-Dakar rally themed ride in Arles
My travel partners Ed, Susie, and Catherine in a park in Montpellier. Behind the monument (not visible) is an aquaduct.
A fountain in the old french-looking part of Montpellier.
A fountain in the new Vegas-looking part of Montpellier.
The town crest of Nimes. There are no crocodiles in Nimes, but there are a number of palm trees because of the crest. It does not reflect the city but rather commemorates Caesar's conquest of Egypt, a recent even when Nimes had the honor of being named a Roman colony which gave the citizens more rights and the city more prestige.
Me in the interior of the Nimes arena, better preserved than the one in Arles, the outside looks much like the Arles one, but it still has its third level.
Looking out from the Nimes Arena onto (i think) the Palais de Justice.
The Maison Carrée, a Gallo-Roman temple.
Me in the gardens in Nimes.
The Tour Magne, a Roman tower built over an older Gallic one. The remains of the Gallic one were destroyed, and the Roman one was nearly destroyed this guy dug it up looking for gold which he though Nostradamus had predicted was there. The kind allowed it as long as he got half of any findings. I went to the top but the sun was in my eyes, so no good pictures of the view over Nimes.
Despite Pete's request, I didn't buy any jeans in Nimes (Denim comes from "de Nimes" where the cloth was born.) After Nimes, I went to Paris where I took no pictures. Then I met my parents in Bruges, Belgium. The pictures taken by my parents and I can be seen here.
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