(from Michelle): #4 on our list of “what we will miss about France”… Historical Monuments! As much as I love Canada, there isn’t the same sense of history as Europe. At home we think Century homes are “old” and most of our monuments and tourist attractions have been built in the last 200 years. In Southern France we are surrounded by monuments like the Arenes de Nimes and Pont du Gard both of which are almost 2000 years old! It is hard to imagine how they acheived these engineering marvels with the tools they had available.

(de la part de Michelle): On va s’ennuyer des monuments historiques! On adore le Canada mais l’Histoire n’est pas représentée de la même manière qu’en Europe. Du “vieux” au Canada, c’est 200 ans; ici, c’est 2,000 ans. Dans notre département du Gard, il y a les Arènes de Nîmes et le Pont du Gard, qui nous regardent du haut de leurs 20 siècles.