As Rick Steves’ said about this ancient ruin: “Throughout the ancient world, aquaducts were like flags of stone that heralded the greatness of Rome. This perfectly preserved Roman aquaduct was built in 19 bc as the critical link of a 30-mile canal that, by dropping one inch for every 350 feet, supplied nine million gallons of water per day (100 gallons per second) to the city Nimes.” At 160 feet in height, this is the second tallest Roman structure remaining and has the widest arch at 80 feet wide for the river. Sue and I, adventurers that we are, rented a kayak and paddled down the river 8 km to float under the bridge. It is truly massive… and was built before Christ! As you can guess however, Ted did most of the paddling, but Sue pulled her share also.