Retirement Odyssey
The weather prediction for today was cloudy and cool with occasional showers .... and that was exactly the case! Quite a change from yesterday. Tomorrow is predicted to be nice again. Though this was a typical laundry day for us, we decided to put that off.
Nice breakfast here at the B&B in a beautiful kitchen-dining room-living room space. (See photos; the owner is a decorator.) Then off to the arena, built in 100 AD and the best preserved of all Roman arenas. (Not the largest, just 24,000 capacity). Good audio guide, though we had to "hide"/shelter from the cold wind at times while listening.
Learned a lot about arena shows, payed for by a wealthy sponsor in town to honor a person or event. Began with animals fighting animals, followed by men fighting animals, then animals attacking unprotected Christians (the audience often left for the concession stands during this portion) and finished with the featured gladiator matches. 90% of the time, neither gladiator died.
Turns out Nimes is the French capitol of Spanish style bull fighting. Next weekend is the Fall Feria when such fights will occur.
Picniced back in the B&B dining room, then set out to ramble the old part of town for a bit. Will save the gardens and fountains for tomorrow, hoping for better weather to enjoy them.
Walked - 5.3 miles
Drove - zero km
Cool and Damp in the City of Denim
September 09, 2017
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Nimes, France
The weather prediction for today was cloudy and cool with occasional showers .... and that was exactly the case! Quite a change from yesterday. Tomorrow is predicted to be nice again. Though this was a typical laundry day for us, we decided to put that off.
Nice breakfast here at the B&B in a beautiful kitchen-dining room-living room space. (See photos; the owner is a decorator.) Then off to the arena, built in 100 AD and the best preserved of all Roman arenas. (Not the largest, just 24,000 capacity). Good audio guide, though we had to "hide"/shelter from the cold wind at times while listening.
Learned a lot about arena shows, payed for by a wealthy sponsor in town to honor a person or event. Began with animals fighting animals, followed by men fighting animals, then animals attacking unprotected Christians (the audience often left for the concession stands during this portion) and finished with the featured gladiator matches. 90% of the time, neither gladiator died.
Turns out Nimes is the French capitol of Spanish style bull fighting. Next weekend is the Fall Feria when such fights will occur.
Picniced back in the B&B dining room, then set out to ramble the old part of town for a bit. Will save the gardens and fountains for tomorrow, hoping for better weather to enjoy them.
Walked - 5.3 miles
Drove - zero km
1.
Preparation
2.
Our Journey Begins
3.
Arrival in Normandy
4.
Recalling the life of Jean d'Arc
5.
Farewell Rouen, welcome sunshine
6.
La Route des Ancienne Abbayes
7.
La Jour de Lessive
8.
Continuing west in Normandy
9.
En vacances
10.
Lazy Sunday; Dimanche en France
11.
Brittany, Bretagne, Briezh
12.
The Coast Beckons
13.
Down To the River
14.
Our First Excursion
15.
Another Excursion
16.
Westward Ho!
17.
Touring North Brittany
18.
Channel to Mountains to Atlantic
19.
Hello Birthday Girl
20.
A Change in the Air In Quimper (Kemper)
21.
On We Go!!
22.
Daytripping
23.
"Breaking News"
24.
Medieval festival
25.
Apocalypse Tapestry
26.
"Sunday" on a Tuesday
27.
Visite Guidee avec Sylvie
28.
A Visit To St Etienne
29.
Gloomy Day
30.
A Change in Roofs; Saturday Traffic
31.
Volcano Day .... Up and Away
32.
French Hill Towns of the Massif Central
33.
Je Viens a Vienne
34.
The Grandeur of Roman Vienne
35.
Vienne- continued
36.
2000+ years ago in Roman Vienne
37.
Approaching Provence
38.
The Heat Is On
39.
Vaucluse and Ventoux
40.
Baking with the Romans
41.
Cote de Rhone loop drive
42.
The Red Rocks of Roussillon
43.
Inclement Weather in the East Luberon
44.
Bright Sun in the Western Luberon
45.
Mini-Mistral; Venice of Provence
46.
A Day In the "New" Avignon
47.
An Audience With the Pope
48.
Over the Mountain to Arles
49.
Around and About Arles
50.
Ancient Arle; Coupes des Cheveux
51.
Water to Nime, Birthplace of Bluejeans
52.
Cool and Damp in the City of Denim
53.
Nime's 1st Water Source
54.
Sleeping Like a Monk
55.
Day Trip to Aix en Provence
56.
One Last Trip to the Luberon
57.
Blowing Onto the Cote d'Azur
58.
Cloudy Day on the Cote d'Azur?!?!
59.
Surf and Sun in Golfe-Juan
60.
Souffle Encore
61.
Leaving the Coast; Inland Cote d'Azur
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