Arles to Gallician

European Adventure 2013

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August 28th 2013
Apologies for publishing my last 2 blog entries out of order....still catching up! Last night our barge was moored on the River Rhone at Arles with a view up the river and of the walls of the town. We took a 10km trip round the backblocks of Arles to the Pont de Langlois immortalized in a Van Gogh painting. We had 3 hours to explore the city of Arles, another one dating back to Roman times – be ... read more

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