Day 60 Sunday 18th July:
What a great Aire – we tossed up whether to stay put here all day or go off to Nimes and Arles – but late in the morning we decided to pop across to Nimes and then down to Arles. So, off to Nimes – the old Roman village and now a major city. The Arena at Nimes is still fantastic to see. The area around the site has been upgraded dramatically since our last visit. Spent time wandering the city, had lunch and visited the old Roman baths at the Gardens.
We decided to continue on to Arles for dinner and to see the sites in the cool of the evening. - another old Roman colony of the 1st Century BC with its 10,000 seat amphitheatre. The figure of van Gogh also hangs over the city with many of his famous painting done here. Arles is quite a dirty city on the banks of the Rhone River.
We headed back to Comp for a second night at the Aire.
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