On Saturday, we drove about 40 minutes south to visit the city of Arles. Back in it's prime, Arles was an important stop on the Roman road from Italy to Spain. Later is was home to Vincent Van Gogh. Unfortunately much of the city was destroyed during World War II, although there are still some amazing Roman ruins.
My favorite thing was the Saturday morning market. Pete and Josh were nice and took the kids to a nearby park so that April and I could walk through the markets with our wits about us. The market spanned both sides of one long street and there were a lot of fun things to browse.
Livvie and Ruby pulling Cinderella's pumpkin carriage
Henry and Alex flying high
Josh stepping off after getting a little motion sick
Beep, beep!
Alex takes a turn bullriding
A European version of the teacups
While we were gone, Henry got a bloody lip and...
...Ruby had to get creative on these unique "frog" toilets.
Afterwards we all met up and ate lunch overlooking the Roman Arena
Livvie loves chocolate ice cream"Chocolate, chocolate, stir stir the chocolate..."
The Roman Amphitheater is about 2000 years old and once hosted gladiators. Today it is used for bullgames ...not to be confused with the violent, bloody bullfights in Spain.
Pete and the kids cheering on the gladiators
The Romans were amazing builders. Period.
A view of the arena from one of the towers. All of the kids were tough and climbed many stairs up to the top.
View of Arles
"I'm hot"
"It's bright"
"We love Provence!"
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