Sat 29th march 2014 Cycled into town - 3kms away. It had rained all night and was now overcast. Paid E12 each to visit all the historic Roman Ruin sites in the town. So glad we made the extra days drive to get here as the preserved sites were spectacular. Have never seen anything like it before and was so nice to walk around with hardly any other people. Everywhere in town were manicured orange trees full of fruit. Not sure if anyone can help themselves? Visited the Roman Theatre/Amphitheatre/Diana's Temple/The Citadel/the Bridge over Guardiana River/Mithreo's House and The National Museum of Roman Art. The house was so well preserved that still had mural we all paintings and huge mosaic floor coverings. In the Citadel we went down through an opening to an underground well which they used to syphon the river water through gravel. This was hard to get your head around the fact that all this was over 2000 years old and how advance all their building technics were and a lot of them are still used today. The Bridge was our picnic stop and the sun had now come out. The Temple of Diana was amazing and of course it would be with a name like like! We finished our day off in the museum. The building itself was stunning and was built to replicate Roman brickwork and enhanced the artefacts in it. We haven't been to Rome yet and it will be interesting to see how this out of the way town (Merida) compares with it with its numerous well preserved buildings mosaic flooring and murals. Enjoyed our Cycle back , beer and well deserved dinner and cannot believe another day has now gone! Just realised all the trees covering this campsite are the same as Australian gum trees. Off to Cordova in the morning.
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