More Romans …
Today we went to the nearby town of Orange to view the Roman Theatre.
It was pretty spectacular and as Annelies & I sat in the stalls that could house 8 to 10,000 people you could quite imagine the plays and mimes so beloved by the Roman masses taking place.
Orange is of course also famous as the principality associated with William I the leader of the independence movement in Holland. In 1568 he declared the Dutch republic and led the revolt against the Spanish rule ….. here my knowledge runs out and much to Annelies chagrin so does hers !
We had an interesting evening meal in Orange during which I spent most of the time trying to coax any facts out of Annelies. (there weren’t many!)
By the way … completely unrelated …. but the owners of our Gite have got a really cute little dog called Robbie …
