Tuesday evening and still no hot water. The word now is that the building’s electric meter is broken. Did I mention that our landlord has given us the keys to another apt. about 7 blocks away so that we can shower. I’m managing pretty well with cold spit-baths.
Yesterday, the 7th, was especially nice. We headed northwest about 25 miles to Uzes, important from the 5th century to the late 1700’s. Now, an attractive village with narrow streets and the center of which is closed to cars. The cathedral has reportedly “the most beautiful organ in France”, which indeed was beautiful and delicate, with “wings” on either side to close during Lent. Basically we were in Uzes killing time until we could visit our real goal, Pont du Gard which doesn’t open ‘til noon on Mondays in the fall. The P.du G. is part of a Roman aquaduct which spanned a canyon on a massive bridge as it transported water from the source to the city of Nimes.
Tipped off by Pat Lantz that the museum was a must, we spent close to an hour there. The explanations about how the aqueduct was constructed, with life-size dioramas showing the cutting and moving of the stone blocks, were excellent. And at the end, we learned that even with all the careful planning, the aqueduct engineers spent the next 20 years correcting their
mistakes. This all was a great setup for actually seeing the aqueduct with the late afternoon sun shining on this gold colored magnificent three-tired structure. We’ll add a photo…. And do we have photos! Three digital cameras all clicking on the same scenes! Steve is in charge of downloading them to his laptop.
Yesterday, the 7th, was especially nice. We headed northwest about 25 miles to Uzes, important from the 5th century to the late 1700’s. Now, an attractive village with narrow streets and the center of which is closed to cars. The cathedral has reportedly “the most beautiful organ in France”, which indeed was beautiful and delicate, with “wings” on either side to close during Lent. Basically we were in Uzes killing time until we could visit our real goal, Pont du Gard which doesn’t open ‘til noon on Mondays in the fall. The P.du G. is part of a Roman aquaduct which spanned a canyon on a massive bridge as it transported water from the source to the city of Nimes.
Tipped off by Pat Lantz that the museum was a must, we spent close to an hour there. The explanations about how the aqueduct was constructed, with life-size dioramas showing the cutting and moving of the stone blocks, were excellent. And at the end, we learned that even with all the careful planning, the aqueduct engineers spent the next 20 years correcting their
mistakes. This all was a great setup for actually seeing the aqueduct with the late afternoon sun shining on this gold colored magnificent three-tired structure. We’ll add a photo…. And do we have photos! Three digital cameras all clicking on the same scenes! Steve is in charge of downloading them to his laptop.
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