We went on the bus to Nimes in France. The best preserved amphitheatre from the Roman Empire is the Nimes Arena. Built: 70 AD Holds: 24,000 people. Shape: oval, the centre was sand and was 130 m long & 100 m wide Seats: all the seats were numbered in 34 rows Behind the seats were…
This morning we walked to the bus station. We got a bus from Avignon to the town of Pont du Gard it took 30 minutes. At Pont de Gard we visited the UNESCO World Heritage site which was a massive Roman aqueduct. The aqueduct facts are: Total length: 275m originally it was 360m Width: 6.5m…
Today we a got train from Nice up to the mountains. This town was called Entrevaux. My mum came here with her Aunty and Uncle a very long time ago. The mountains were steep. There was a little river beside the rail track. The river water looked aqua colour. It was a very round old…
We are not able to put our Australian plugs directly into the powerpoints. Every country as a different pins on the back of the plug. The Australian plug looks like this. Two flat metal pins and some have a bottom flat pin. The bottom flat pin is our earth pin. We had to bring…
We stayed in Nice 5 nights. Today we went to the markets. There was a flower market then a fruit and vegetable market. I saw a stand with seafood on it with fish heads. Mum got lots of food to cook our meals back in the place we are staying. Behind the markets is…
On Wednesday we went to Monaco. We had to get a train there. It was a quick trip from Nice. Monaco is a small country. Monte Carlo is the captain of Monaco. It is a tiny little country on the hilly coast. At Monaco I seen a sculpture of the first racing cars used in…
Swinging the botafumeiro A botafumeiro means “smoke expeller” in Galician. It is a big incense burner. The botafumeiro has been used since the Middle Ages, originally to clean the air when crowds of pilgrims having completed the Camino de Santiago arrived in Santiago de Compostela after their long journey. It is made of brass and bronze….
Clean clothes A lavenderia is a wash house in a public place for washing clothes. Communal washing places were common in all of Europe. These were used until washing machines were invented. Lavenderias were near springs or beside rivers. Many of the lavenderias had roofs for shelter for the ladies to wash clothes. Some…
Today we met a man riding his bike in the town of Valga. This man was named Antonio and he was from the village. Antonio was visiting his parents in Valga for the university and school holidays. Antonio teachers the Spanish language to Germans at a University in Munich. Antonio could speak, read and write…
Once upon a time … There was an old lady named Lola who lived in a little village in Spain. Lola had a little house, a barn, a vegetable garden and a billy goat. Lola had lived there all her life. Lola had always had pet goats ever since she was a little girl. When…