So I just had a two-week vacation because that's what they do in France. Schools have a two-week vacation every seven weeks. It's pretty sweet. Anywho, if you read my blog last year, you would notice that I visited Beaune, Bordeaux and Edinburgh last Toussaint. This year I visited a lot of different places as well. My first trip was the first weekend of Toussaint (Sunday to Tuesday) with three other assistants, Charlotte, Becca, and Emilia! We took a Blablacar (basically a carpool that you pay for) to Nîmes, where we stayed in an Airbnb. From there we went to the Pont du Gard (a famous Roman aqueduct!) and Avignon (another famous city where the Papal Palace is). Here are some cool pictures!
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| Roman amphitheater of Nîmes |
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| Le Pont du Gard |
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| Le Pont du Gard in all its glory |
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| Friends :) |
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| Just casually hanging out |
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| Beautiful day in the Gard |
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| Streets of Avignon |
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| Becca gets roasted chestnuts in Avignon! |
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| Every French city must have a carousel. |
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| Papal Palace of Avignon! |
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| Le Pont d'Avignon |
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| sur le Pont d'Avignon, on y danse, on y danse |
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| Avignon is basically a castle city! |
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| the Rhône (same river that runs through Lyon!) |
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| Me being a nerd on the bridge |
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| More castle-y stuff in Avignon |
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| Standing on the castle wall |
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| The bridge from the side |
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| It's fall! |
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| The words to the Pont d'Avignon song! |
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| Poulet rôti and french fries, yum! |
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| The sad moment when the salt shaker opened all over my chicken |
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| Crême brûlée |
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| Beautiful sunset as we took the bus back to Nîmes |
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| Fountain in Nîmes |
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| The boys in front of the amphitheater |
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| The statue of the bull fighter (they used to do bull fights in the amphitheater) |
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| Maison Carrée (Square House, a sort of tomb: more Roman ruins) |
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| Les jardins des fontaines (The Fountain Gardens) |
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| Roman ruins: old Roman baths!! |
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| The swan taking a bath in the Roman baths |
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| Roman ruins: Temple to Diana |
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| Steven contemplating the temple |
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| Old engravings |
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| Passageways of the temple |
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| On our way home in another Blablacar |
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| We took the scenic route home! |
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| Backside of some calanques |
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