Day 7

Ride from Port Camargue to Nimes (36 miles, our longest ride)

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We leave Aigues-Mortes
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Watch tower several miles outside Aigues-Mortes
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First of several views from top of watch tower
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Horses in the Camargue marsh
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Camargue bulls
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Roadside flower
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We stop to watch tagging of young bulls
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Just-tagged bulls looking for someone to butt
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Young trainees bring a bull out for tagging
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Infant baptism at church
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Bell ringing
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Bull ring next to church
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Listening to Hans describe Provencal-style bull-fighting
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Good things to eat across from church
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Risky place to leave my apple torte
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Down the road we stop for picnic fixings
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Picnic at a discontinued lavoir (self-service outdoor community laundry)
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Women used to wash clothes in this structure
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Local boys are amused by us
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Testing the boys' English
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Another plane tree-lined road
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Ritzy, landscaped entrance to a town
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WC break
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Drab exterior, but inside are beautiful courtyards (we hope!)
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Taking a corner
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Weeding an unidentified crop
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Round-about from Hell!
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Whew! We all arrive alive at entrance to our hotel in Nimes
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