Beaucaire

Since we have arrived in Beaucaire the weather has been fantastic. We went to hotel and sorted out who we would be sharing rooms with. The accommodation is great, there are baths and some of us even have double beds. On the first night we got there we visited the very nice town of Beaucaire. The next day we went to the Pont du Gard, the second most visited monument in France and I can see why. It was an amazing structure set in the most beautiful valley. After that we took the vans to Nimes where we saw the very well preserved temple there, the Maison Carree, and the amphitheatre. During our third day in Provence we went to Avignon. It was a cool place, we saw the Palais des Papes with its adjacent chapel and then we had to see the famous Pont d'Avignon of course. Later that day we went to Arles where we saw another pretty good amphitheatre and theatre. At Orange we saw probably the best preserved Roman theatre in the world, it was really great because it gave you a pretty good idea of what going to the theatre for an ancient Roman was actually like. Today we saw another ancient Roman town called Glanum after that we went to a medieval city, Chateau des Baux-de-Provence. Then we drove back to Beaucaire to visit the awesome Tarascon Castle that used to be a prison and we saw some really old graffiti. Our last thing we did in Provence was experiencing Roman wine, it wasn't too bad. The food in France is delicious as well as a bit strange. We have eaten very well, ranging from dishes like snails, caviar and rabbit. Our time in the south of France has been really enjoyable and relaxing. 

Jack Anderson.