... town center (more Pharmacies than we could count!) Its attraction lies in the access to the three Gorges, and the awesome viaduct that hangs on the outskirts of town like a very improbable spider web. There are also glass/plastic recycling bins ...
... was the town of Millau. Why Millau? It is the closest town to one of the most incredible examples of modern engineering - the MillauViaduct - the tallest vehicle bridge in the world. Along the way to Millau was Avignon, the Pont du Gard and then through ...
... C fixed the GPS to go on real roads we left for Grenoble in France. We left early as daddy D wanted to drive over the big viaduct, we went under it and over it - it was amazing and huge - now the dads want to see the mega structures TV show on the ...
We just got back from a weekend in the Aveyron region. We went largely to see the MillauViaduct which is the tallest viaduct in the world. Apparently you can actually be driving above the clouds some days. It was very impressive but not quite as ...
... outcrop and dominated by a castle. Just north of the town of Millau the motorway turned into a toll road to continue over the MillauViaduct, so we were directed off it and descended into the town which sits in a large bowl-shaped valley. Along the way ...
... After we drove over it we went into an information centre and could walk to a point above it to take pics of both the Viaduct and the valley and Millau below. Then drove into Millau to see if we could get a view from the bottom etc... Got a few pics. got ...
... this weekend besides eat and sleep. But it was still really cool. We were gliding over the city of Millau and could see the famous Viaduct. My guide thought to make things more interesting so spun us in circles (which apparently is also a ...
... Narbonne for some lunch. We bypassed Millau, but got a petty good view of it from the road above the town. Theres a relatively new viaduct that passes by the town on the motorway, its HUGE… 2600m long, 360m high. Pics don't do it justice. We ...
... bridge I've ever seen, designed by a French bridge engineer named Michel Virlogeux and British architect, Sir Norman Foster: The MillauViaduct. It spans almost two and a half kilometres and according to Wikipedia it is taller than the Eiffel Tower and ...