We woke up and caught an 11 am bus from the train station to the local Pont du Gard that's about a half an hour away. The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge that crosses the Gard River and was constructed by the Romans in the first century AD. It is the highest of all the Roman aqueduct bridges and was the first I'd ever seen in person. Before walking to the aqueduct, we got a quick bite to eat at the visitor center. On the menu today was some more crepes! I went with a simple crepe with ham and grated cheese. Then we went to see the aqueducts and walked on some of the trails on the nearby mountains.
The crepe station!
The aqueducts of Pont du Gard
View from the top of the mountain
After getting our fill of the aqueduct and the trails, we waited for the return bus in the 25 mph wind for a while and finally got back to Nimes after 5. We walked around the town in search of somewhere to have dinner. After a fruitless search and much walking, we called it quits. The French like to eat dinner late and every eatery was closed! We grabbed a latte at a local cafe while waiting for the restaurants to open up again, and at 7:30 headed to La Pizetta, an Italian restaurant. I had the 4 stagioni pizza, which has tomatoes, mozzarella, artichokes, bell peppers, mushrooms, and ham. Satisfied with our meal we went back to the hotel to relax for the next day of sight-seeing...
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