Amphitheater at Nîmes

A lot nicer than the one I saw at Fréjus. Also still used for bull fights. Olay!

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February 11th 2006
The above title is a rhyme so you can pronounce Nimes correctly. I visited this city to the northwest of Aix for my research project on Roman ruins. It has the best preserved Roman amphitheater in France. It was a heck of a lot nicer than Frejus's, and bigger too. This time I had company on my travels- Mollie came with me. We met at the train station to take a train to Marseille but the tra ... read more

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