Nimes Day 1

So today was amazing to say the least. Except for the super long train ride…but the rest of the day totally made up for it. We arrived in Nimes at 5:30 and headed to our hotel. The hotel is in an old home, with a beautiful courtyard in the center. It is a very boutique style hotel with a great modern feel. Probably one of the nicest we will stay in while here.

View from our window..we will post more pics later

We headed out to find some dinner after we put our stuff in our room, and went by the tourist office to see what information they had on the town. I happened to pick up a brochure about all the summer events going on in the town and saw that Franz Ferdinand was playing tonight at the arena. (One of our favorite bands!!!) We assumed that it meant the Roman arena here in town, and were pretty bummed that we didn’t know about them coming, but decided to walk over there anyways on the off chance that there may be tickets still. We asked someone once we got there, who said that everything was sold out. As we were walking away we noticed several people selling extra tickets on the street. They were the regular price tickets, probably just extras, so we were able to buy two!!! It was amazing watching Franz Ferdinand play in a Roman arena built in the 1^st century AD..sitting on the same original seats/steps. Unbelievable!

Oh yeah and The Virgins and The Ting Tings also played. What a great concert except we didn’t have time to eat…so we had a Heineken dinner instead!! Good thing beer is full of carbs. Today will probably stand out as one of our best days in Europe by far!

Our only proof..we couldn't bring our camera in

Carrie