Millau

Went for a little drive to Millau to visit the Viaduct and amazing structure there.  The drive was actually quite cool, at one stage we rose to about 780 metres and the terrain was really different to what we had experienced previously. There were times we were actually in the clouds due to the misty kind of morning.  We initially drove the old road into Millau itself, i can only imagine how awful a drive it must have been, steep, winding, and in the mist - impossible to see.  But the view when it appeared in snatches over the edge down into the town was breathtaking.
The village of Millau is lovely and the Tarn River which runs through it was a hive of activity - canoes, kayaks, rafting etc -  really extraordinarily pretty.  There were people gliding and parachuting off the mountain too.
We went to the base of the bridge first to look up at it - an amazing feat of engineering for sure.  then we drove through the village to the top and hiked up a steep winding path to be level with the bridge.  that was truly breathtaking - the sheer size of the structure is just not possible to catch properly in photos.
After walking back down we finally drove over the bridge which actually forms part of the autoroute, and back home. The trip was about 2.5-3 hours each way but it was a good drive and well worth it. The kids loved it because they had seen a program on it last year with all the info on the building of it so they had some idea what they would be seeing which was great.
Off to a lovely local town today - its the source point for the rivers which run through this area and quite alpine in the foothills of Mont Ventoux.  Then Cannes, Nice and Monaco tomorrow!