It's Been a Roman-Themed Day

Today we left our hotel a little "later"--boarding the bus at 9 am.  A group got up early and went for a run, the rest enjoyed some extra sleep in our comfy hotel rooms.

We started our day with an hour's drive to the Pope's Palace in Avignon.  We toured, had free time, shopped and ate.

We hopped back on the bus for a short ride to the Roman Aquaducts in Pont du Gard.

Then, another ride to a well preserved Roman Colosseum. 

We walked to dinner and then rode back toward our hotel. But we didn't go to our hotel directly.  Instead, we walked to an overlook of the city and enjoyed our evening hike.  At the top, as the sun was going down, we celebrated our birthdays on the trip:  Jack, Joey, and Chloe.  We all sang Happy Birthday to them (in French of course) and shared with Ferrero Rocher chocolates.

Tomorrow we will rise earlier and head to Nice with a stop in Aix-en-Provence.  How can Friday be over already?

Pictures from today will be posted tomorrow.