Day 7 Provence - Pont du Gard and Avingnon

Today we traveled west to the Provence region about a three hour bus ride.  Here we will stay for two nights in Orange. Lots of vineysrds along the way. Our first stop was a quick refueling and bathroom stop. Noteable event is refueling the motor coach.  See
picture below.  The motor coach has a capicity of 790 liters.  Our driver fueled up... you can do the math.  Yesterdays conversion rate was about  140 € and total liters purchased was 600.

We drove the route of the Romans where our next stop was Pont du Gard a famous aqueduct built by the Romans in the first century.  Pont du Gard is the second largest standing Roman structure 6 feet shorter than the Colosseum in Rome.  The structure is an engineering marvel over 2000 years old.  The aquaduct was built to transport water from the alps to Nemes and over the Rhône river.

Brookfield with Pont du Gard in the background

After lunch at the Pont du Gard we got back on the bus continuing west to Avingnon which is known for their medievil bridge of Avingnon and the Palais des Papes.

Palais des Papes was the headquarters of the Catholic church in the 1300s.

Parent meeting in the evening...