Sunday, February 14, 2010

Weekend in the Languedoc

So I thought we were going to Provence this weekend, but we actually went to the region west of Provence called Languedoc. On Friday morning we first went to the Pont du Gard. WOW!
Doug said the water wasn't that cold... but in the end, he did not get in

In a nearby tunnel, Doug found some extraordinary icicles...

Next we went to Nimes and saw the outside of the Maison Carrée (built in 19 BC),
had a nice (big!) lunch...
and a visit to the Arena (best preserved of all Roman arenas, built first or second century AD)
and we visited the Tour Magne, part of Roman rampart ruins
Then we headed towards Uzes to our LOVELY bed and breakfast. It was so nice!
Saturday we had a yummy breakfast and then went to Uzes to the market. We also visited the duke's castle and cathedral.
Then we went to the village of Roquemaure their annual Valentine's festival.
We also saw the relics of St. Valentine (maybe) which were brought to Roquemaure from Rome in 1868.

What a fun weekend! See all the pictures here:

Languedoc

Yesterday there was a group of 18 from Harding at church. We had a big potluck afterwards and got to talk to many of the students. They were very interested in the assistantship program.

Tomorrow morning we leave for Paris-Amsterdam-Haarlem. So, next update will be from Haarlem!

2 comments:

LeeAnn said...

You go to so many neat places, but this one looks amazing! Thanks for sharing :). Hope you both had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

heather byars said...

that does look amazing! such beautiful things to see. i hope that things are going well for you guys! have you moved to your new place yet? have fun in harlem!!