The day started out sunny, but turned
very windy and rainy mid-day. But there were few
complication today...until the end.
1/ We visited the archeology museum,
which had some marvelous reconstructions of the interior wall
decorations. To call them reconstructions is a bit misleading. They
were built from actual pieces of wall excavated from nearby ancient Roman villas,
and only included original tiles and mosaic pieces. The missing parts
were line sketches. Think of a jigsaw puzzle with 80% of the pieces
missing and a few simple lines completing the picture.
2/After we went to the Roman Horarium.
This was set of underground chambers thought to have originally been
store houses.
3/ Lunch, to get out of the rain.
4/ The lapidary museum, which consisted
of huge stone blocks which had been used at Roman burial sites,and
then on medieval city walls. It was a marvelous jump. Think of the
storeroom at the conclusion of Indiana Jones, where the Arc was
stored.
5/ Finally, a quick run through another
church.
Then drove to Arles. A very pleasant
drive through an area called the Carmague. But the TomTom took us
into the heart of the old city,which was a tangle of narrow streets,
one-ways, and no parking. Roads so tight there was no room for pedestrians to get by us, and we scrapped the side view mirror on a windowsill. We worked out way out, and came back into newer city on our own, found municipal parking, and walked to the
hotel. We decided to never again ask the TomTom to take us to the
hotel; just use it to get to the city, and we'll figure it out from
there.
Today's musical segment:
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