Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Taller Than The Eiffel Tower

The world's highest road bridge, located in Millau, France, will be open to traffic on Thursday.
Every summer for the past couple of years my family has taken a road trip around France (opposite direction of the Tour de France) to visit my sister and friends. Even though we get to travel to many countries while here in Europe, I think our best trips have been driving around France. It's a beautiful country with so much history in every small town.
This past summer we headed toward Avignon, Orange, Chateauneuf du Pape, and Le Pont du Gard finally reaching the Montpellier area where my sister lives.
Here is a family photo at Le Pont du Gard. I think that day will be one of our best memories of France. There is a life guard on duty in the summer and you can go swimming or the kids can play on the beach.

After staying a few days with my sister, we drove through the Massif Central.
On the way home, we passed by the Millau bridge -- which was still being constructed. We were far away when we first saw the bridge. It's absolutely massive (in the massif central, how apropos). Of course, big isn't good enough... it's also a work of art. The architect, Mr Foster said the bridge was designed to have the "delicacy of a butterfly". For 4,60 euro you can take a ride across the bridge. Bring your camera.



-- said Auntie M in Paris
6:45 PM

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