Roman in Orange

All French roads have a number..... too bad if you don't know what number means you are somewhere! BUT.... we coped!
Today it was a day to Orange.... and the odd Roman ruin or two.... fair trip BUT

We extended it by half an hour.... why? Because we missed a turn on the roundabout and nearly got back to Avignon! Vigilance saved the day! Blue beast turned around and back on the right path.... and so we came to Orange.............

The aim was to view the Antique Theatre a Roman....

And indeed we went there.... stupendous! Here was a theatre over 2000yrs old , that had been restored to its current state so that opera and other productions could be held here.... Imagine hearing the music of Carmen in a theatre with perfect acoustics... designed 2000yrs ago! Very soon , the Pahntom of the Opera is to be he'd here and they are currently setting up the stage..... the stage is enormous...... huge....

It is so so Roman

And we climbed the amphitheatre... Vertigo! OOOOOHHHHHH! I couldn't look back at all these floating thousands of rimless seats...... great relief when we could leave at the top. This theatre had been sacked and burned by the Visigoths,,, rebuilt and burnt again,.... at one stage the people had built a township backing onto the theatre wall! It wasn't until the 1800's that the little village in the theatre was removed!

Thelma and Louise soldiered on

Phew.......

More roman ruins at the Arc de Triomphe

Equally archaic
Then .....
we decided to head of to Chateau Neuf Du Papes! So you think you like that one?

And we did find outs way home...... but it was nice to get back to the square...... and tapas and pastis!

Loving France......