What an idea the Canal is! I had a similar feeling when I saw the Great Wall of China last year - what a vision – what a dream – imagining such a venture was possible and then doing it. Pierre Paul Riquet from Beziers sank his entire fortune into the venture when from 1667-1681 12,000 people laboured on the 240 km long canal that would link the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. There are 350 bridges, aqueducts, and locks along its length, with … [Read more...]