Nimes was a great little city to spend some time in - we particularly liked the Roman Ampitheatre (pictured above) and spent quite a bit of time there hearing all about the blood thirsty battles that used to take place between gladiators and animals etc. Then we were off to the Pont du Gard...
The Pont du Gard is on route to Avignon, and is an old Roman Aquaduct, now a UNESCO world heritage site. The weather was fantastic for a late arvo walk around it before we headed on to Avignon.
Finding our accomodation in Avignon was a little tricky, due largely to insufficient maps we had, but in the end we found our way to a hostel attached to a campground situated on an island in the middle of the harbour (not on our map!!!!!). It was an interesting hostel, that I wouldn't recommend, but camping there may be fine - if you're headed to Avignon let us know and we'll let you know where to avoid! :) The city itself is all french and cute and quaint - we stuck to the old town however, and didn't visit the newer parts of the city. We checked out the bridge pictured above too which juts out into the river, Pont Saint-Benezet, which was a great viewpoint to see up and downstream. There is also a beautiful park in the old town that looks down on the old square, definately take time to visit this if you head to Avignon.
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