We have been blessed with beautiful weather these past 2 days and we have taken advantage of it! We had another amazing picnic at the Roman ruin of Pont Du Gard. The 2000 year old aqueduct that’s incredibly well preserved and has the largest arch the Romans ever built! The romans specialized in arch building so seeing their biggest one always fills me with awe! It’s such a beautiful park setting for the aqueduct that spans the Rhône River and supplied the city of Nimes with water. Nimes is known today for the famous fabric they produced. It was from Nimes, or De Nimes so we just shortened it to denim. It’s a great place to really appreciate the amazing reach of the romans and how they built incredible things all over the place. It’s also a great place for a picnic! We laid out a tablecloth on a bench and put out a lot of the stuff we didn’t get to yesterday because we just had so much stuff! It was wonderful. Picnics are the best way to enjoy the best local food specialties and eat cheap at the same time. Yes, I know the blog looks like all we do is eat, and we certainly aren’t starving over here! But we do walk a lot every day and I tend to focus more on the food than most would. Maybe that’s why we opened a food establishment together?? LOL. The wonderful thing about Europe in general is they eat well, but not huge amounts. And the quality of the food is much higher than we get. And by that I mean there aren’t the preservatives, the chemicals, the sugar and the basic crap we eat. So, what I’m saying is it isn’t as crazy as it looks. I bet Emily and I have actually lost weight this trip! Now, back to food! 😜 We went back to our favorite restaurant, Restaurant E.A.T. The place we went for our anniversary and took the whole group there. It didn’t disappoint. Patricia and Sebastian really know how to run a restaurant! Amazing food, exceptional service and even a special gluten free recipe that we are bringing home with us that they gave us! 😉. Really, they are the nicest couple and they did give us an amazing recipe that we had for dessert that we just can’t wait to share with everyone and yes, it’s gluten free! They didn’t have to do that, but we have become friends with them over the past 3 years and I think that’s what makes these experiences extra special to us! The relationships we are building. That’s why we wanted to and still want to take people with us, so they can experience these places, moments and people along with us and see what an amazing world we live in. Now we are packing for our train trip to Paris tomorrow morning. We are spending our last day in Paris and our last night in the hotel we spent our Honeymoon in, the Hotel Verneuil in St Germain de Pres. it’s a very special place and we can’t wait to have the rest of the group experience their warmth and the beauty of their hotel! It also helps to take a taxi from there to the airport the next morning, and it’s right by our favorite restaurant! LOL All in all, a great way to end a great trip! Only one or two more days of trip blogs for this journey. I hope it’s been enjoyable for all of you who read it. Whether it’s once in a while or every day. It really is a pleasure to share our travels with others!
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