Went for a walk with a guide around Vienne, not to be confused with Vienna. It's a small town on the the banks of the Rhone who's rulers were/are obsessed with taxing people. Brings Sadiq to mind! They had towers on all the roads to tax anyone who entered(congestion charge), the houses had beautiful stone mullion windows, some with 4, 6 or 8 panes of glass - not now, all the mullions were smashed out because they used to tax you per pane of glass, don't tell Sadiq. Parking is complicated here, different coloured boxes in the road determine the fee & how long you can park. They make more from fines than from parking charges(Sadiq already knows this)
Lots of Roman remains,
A temple to Augustus converted to a church, then restored to original. A theatre still in use as a music venue, holds at least 10,000 people.
Since they lost they lost their windows, they have taken to painting the sides of their houses, not just windows but whole panoramas.
Back on board for cheese tasting. They gave us 5 cheeses ranked in order of strength of flavour. Hadn't heard of many of them, but all nice.
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