The sight itself is free which made us happy and we both found the bridge to be very impressive although not quite different from the one we saw in Segovia, Spain (the aqueduct in Segovia was completely intact and still being used by the town). After that we headed off to our free parking area for the night, which had dumping facilities and free electricity. The drive there was stressful again, as it turned dark almost as soon as we left the parking lot. Driving without any lights feels pretty unsafe, I tried to use the high-beams most of the time, but traffic was heavy with it being the end of the work day. Our free aires in Valréas turned out to be at a farm (and vineyard) and the electrical hook up was French, so we couldn’t use it. We also weren’t alone, which is always interesting for us, because we have found ourselves alone quite often since it started getting colder. We decided to spend the night watching some movies and have a few drinks to help calm our nerves. With most of our movies being stored on our external hard drive the computer seems to burn threw its battery faster. Having neighbors, we didn’t really want to disturb them. Previously, I had checked out the area and I did notice two electrical connections, the French one and what looked like a household German one. Well our van has all German outlets, and we have an adapter for our laptop. So I went outside in the lightly misting rain and charged the laptop. Julie didn’t feel that the laptop was safe alone so I stayed outside with it while she did the dishes and got the bed set up (she joined me outside when she was done). I brought my Ipod and a beer and it was a rather nice experience. The farm was very quite, the stars were out despite the fact it was raining and it wasn’t too cold. I’m actually glad we weren’t able to connect the van.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Pont du Garde
We were woken up at 8:30am by the sound of a horse. It was young and was being walked around. The area we stayed at had a great view of the walled portion of the city. House boats were docked right in front of us. It seems that in the off season no one collects fees. So we took our time getting ready. I did the usual van check up, cleaned up the van and threw out what garbage we had collected. Julie took the time to relax and finish reading the book that Freddy gave us back in Marbella. Todays drive was an interesting one. We had both heard about the famous Pont du Gard, but neither of us really knew why it was so famous. We understood that it was a bridge of some kind but that’s it. The drive to the Pont du Gard was rather uneventful. We had to pay for parking at the site, if we had stopped a few km away we could have parked for free (huge oversight on our part, especially since John and Linda had told us parking wasn’t free).
The sight itself is free which made us happy and we both found the bridge to be very impressive although not quite different from the one we saw in Segovia, Spain (the aqueduct in Segovia was completely intact and still being used by the town). After that we headed off to our free parking area for the night, which had dumping facilities and free electricity. The drive there was stressful again, as it turned dark almost as soon as we left the parking lot. Driving without any lights feels pretty unsafe, I tried to use the high-beams most of the time, but traffic was heavy with it being the end of the work day. Our free aires in Valréas turned out to be at a farm (and vineyard) and the electrical hook up was French, so we couldn’t use it. We also weren’t alone, which is always interesting for us, because we have found ourselves alone quite often since it started getting colder. We decided to spend the night watching some movies and have a few drinks to help calm our nerves. With most of our movies being stored on our external hard drive the computer seems to burn threw its battery faster. Having neighbors, we didn’t really want to disturb them. Previously, I had checked out the area and I did notice two electrical connections, the French one and what looked like a household German one. Well our van has all German outlets, and we have an adapter for our laptop. So I went outside in the lightly misting rain and charged the laptop. Julie didn’t feel that the laptop was safe alone so I stayed outside with it while she did the dishes and got the bed set up (she joined me outside when she was done). I brought my Ipod and a beer and it was a rather nice experience. The farm was very quite, the stars were out despite the fact it was raining and it wasn’t too cold. I’m actually glad we weren’t able to connect the van.
The sight itself is free which made us happy and we both found the bridge to be very impressive although not quite different from the one we saw in Segovia, Spain (the aqueduct in Segovia was completely intact and still being used by the town). After that we headed off to our free parking area for the night, which had dumping facilities and free electricity. The drive there was stressful again, as it turned dark almost as soon as we left the parking lot. Driving without any lights feels pretty unsafe, I tried to use the high-beams most of the time, but traffic was heavy with it being the end of the work day. Our free aires in Valréas turned out to be at a farm (and vineyard) and the electrical hook up was French, so we couldn’t use it. We also weren’t alone, which is always interesting for us, because we have found ourselves alone quite often since it started getting colder. We decided to spend the night watching some movies and have a few drinks to help calm our nerves. With most of our movies being stored on our external hard drive the computer seems to burn threw its battery faster. Having neighbors, we didn’t really want to disturb them. Previously, I had checked out the area and I did notice two electrical connections, the French one and what looked like a household German one. Well our van has all German outlets, and we have an adapter for our laptop. So I went outside in the lightly misting rain and charged the laptop. Julie didn’t feel that the laptop was safe alone so I stayed outside with it while she did the dishes and got the bed set up (she joined me outside when she was done). I brought my Ipod and a beer and it was a rather nice experience. The farm was very quite, the stars were out despite the fact it was raining and it wasn’t too cold. I’m actually glad we weren’t able to connect the van.
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