Pont du Gard

There is a site so renowned in France that it made it on the Euro 5 note. Since you probably don’t happen to have a 5 euro bill sitting around, I’ll just tell you that the site is called Pont du Gard. I thought it would be best not to leave France without seeing this site, so on our way from Carcassonne to L’Isle sur la Sorgue, we stopped and took a stroll across the old aqueduct. It was pretty amazing. It was built in the first century to help water travel between cities and eventually became a toll bridge to cross the river. It was maintained for many years and would not look as grand as it does today without some repairs, but it is still quite neat that it is standing. It made us wonder how long it will stay standing?
One small outrage. Rick Steves said that parking at the Pont du Gard was 5 euro. When we went to pay for parking it was 15!!! 15 euro to spend an hour seeing a marvelous site. Tourists, your money is much appreciated. Boo.