(02-21-2021, 07:01 AM)Senor Fantastico Wrote:

(02-21-2021, 06:42 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: We were only in Salzburg for 2 days, and all we did was wander around, but it was a beautiful place.  We stopped there on our way to Vienna, where we spent 5 days.  That was our longest European trip so far- 26 days.  We flew to Zurich and stayed with in-laws for a week, then we drove to Southern France and stayed with some friends on their farm for a week, drove around Southern France, back to Zurich for a few days, then on the train to Salzburg and Vienna.  

The area of Southern France where our friends have a farm is very interesting.  It's a little town called Clermont-l'Herault, near Montpellier.  There are not that many tourists in that area, which is full of old Roman ruins, vineyards, and picturesque ancient villages.  We drove to Pont du Gard to see the Roman aqueduct.  Also Arles, and Nimes, and this place! >>>  St Guilhem le Desert

I'd say Pont du Garde is one of the top 10 most impressive things I've ever seen.  It's an aqueduct built to carry water for 31 miles to the city of Nimes.  When you see the size of the blocks they used to build that, and the extremely gradual slope that is required for the water to flow that far, that is some incredible Roman engineering. Link> Pont du Gard

Very cool, would love to see some of that stuff. You don't get homesick travelling that long?