Bridging The Gap

Matt and I have had a very busy couple of days.  I can't come close to remembering all the southern French towns and Spanish places we've hit during out drive from Marseille to Barcelona.  We've had some great meals, driven through some fabulous landscape in both countries, and seen a couple of remarkable sights.  The most memorable for me will be the Ponte du Gard in Vers-Pont-du-Gard (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_du_Gard), and the Millaue Viaduct (see simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct, and ketknbc.com/news/25-of-mankinds-greatest-engineering-achievements, and www.nbcnews.com/id/6711265/ns/world_news/t/france-opens-worlds-tallest-bridge/).  Both are in France.

The Ponte du Gard is one of the world's best preserved Roman aqueduct bridges.  I've been seeing some ancient Roman aqueducts in my travels through Italy; but none matched this.  The Millau Viaduct is unbelievable.  Really.  It is an awesome bridge that has been haled as the tallest in the world, and has been lauded as one of the greatest engineering achievements in world history.  The pictures below unfortunately don't do it justice.