Les Courses Camarguaises (bull games) are a traditional sport in this region of France, in which men (les razeteurs or raceteurs) in white outfits (always white) use special tools called les racets, or les crochets to remove “les attributs” from a bull’s horns. A racet in the razeteur’s fist is visible in the 5th picture above. Les…

D and I would not normally take a tour of any kind while on vacation, usually preferring to wander off on our own to see what there is to see. However, a large swath of the southern part of the Languedoc-Roussillon and of Provence stretching to the Mediterranean, called “La Camargue”, contains beautiful countryside and…

I love to eat, so it follows that I should love a good market. France, obviously, has an abundance of markets both indoor and outdoor, that sell everything from seafood, to local produce, to clothing and shoes. Most of the markets we have visited over the last few days seem to be selling melons that look…

We spent most of today wandering this beautiful medieval walled town approximately 40 minutes outside of Nimes. Known today as the “city of art and history”, Uzès was called Ucetia by the Romans. Near Uzes, the Romans constructed the massive aqueduct know today as the “Pont du Gard”, which directed water to the city of…

D and I read a bit about the history of Nimes in preparation for this trip, but the story of this ancient city really came alive for me when we participated in a two hour walking tour of the preserved Roman sites yesterday  (offered by the local tourism office). As with most places that were once under the…