La Rue du Chateau Tarascon

22nd
As we now needed to be in Barcelona in 5 days to meet Kim's mum it was time to say goodbye to Italy. As the day was overcast and the drive on the autopista easy we just kept on driving (from 8am until 5.30pm) and arrived into Les Acrs in France time for a beer and dinner then bed.

23rd
As we had stayed in a free Aire last night we were able to top up water, clean the toilet and then give Scooby ...

... over 1.5 million tourists each year as it is the source of a natural spring. It's wierd seeing a fast flowing river and then walking 50 metres "upstream" and there only being a trickle.. and then a bit further and no water... nothing but a big cliff straight up!

The town itself is nestled in a valley and is particularly pretty at dusk when rocks take on the colours of the sunset ...

... than the amphitheater, it was a semi-circular shape and only seated 10 000. Not much remains but 2 columns, 6 bits of columns, and piles and piles of rubble with fantastic carvings on them. It’s amazing to think of a nation who worked so ***********quer other lands. And not just conquer, but build amazing structures, theaters, coliseums, walls, and aqua-ducts. And other ...

... that you’ve met.
The ragged man in ragged clothes.
The silver thorn, the bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.

But instead of letting me get down, I will seek out more ancient places and dine in a tucked away jardin savoring the unique tastes of the area, and enjoy the skillful provencal cuisine as I gaze upon the ...

... we were nearly blown to Marseille. Tomorrow we are going on a lunchtime cruise on the Rhone with more food and wine and before that visiting the famous bridge and hopefully we will have time to go over to see the nearby fort in the afternoon.

Then we start the final run north - first a night at Beaujolais, then 2 nights at Strasbourg and one last night at Munich before we leave Big ...

... block several times we got the last park in the whole area, and it was right outside the restaurant. Never mind that it required Alison to hold up traffic while I backed out later on.) it was past 2.00pm. We were most concerned that we would be too late. But no, they found us a table, and brought the Menu de Jour on a blackboard – three courses with two options for each course. Our French phrase book did not help us to understand ...

2009年7月29日
$ 335;线：酒店-&g t; Marseille(马赛)-> 酒店

马赛 ;，大城市ᦁ 2;很乱，人ô 56;多，很无 842;，海景不 8169;。
午饭୲ 5;意点了 ...

... 30340;&# 39184;厅吃了顿& #22823;餐，回屋 休息了一会 ;儿，4点左Ö 91;我们就出 457;前往Avignon，% 027;里正是Theater Festival（戏剧节 ;）的时候ᦁ 2;街上到处ų 17 ...

... which has a large canal full of very nice looking yachts. We walked through the town but saw hardly a soul. Sunday is a quiet day here. We saw a sign for a brocante (second hand goods) fair in Vallabregues and headed there in the rain. Unfortunately the rain was chasing away the vendors as we arrived so we headed home as well. The houses don't have drain pipes as such, just pipes that come straight out of the wall or off the terracotta roof ...

... Gard was only 12 km away. Nancy liked the idea of seeing this giant 2000 year old Roman aqueduct so we headed that way. First lesson: never enter a parking lot at a tourist site if you don't see the prices posted. Luckily, we turned around without paying 5€ to park or 10€ to see the visitor centre and parked for free along the road. After a quick stroll which included Nancy slipping and falling when venturing off alone, smashing her knee on the rocks (no injury ...