In the evening there was a type of street festival/parade where people dressed in regional costumes marched down the street with bands. This picture show the Carmargue bull guardiens on the white horses from Carmargue with their staffs.
We went to a concert/dance in an ancient roman arena in Arles on Saturday July 5. It was very cool, they were gypsies representing three differnt countries with different dances and music.
In a town where the nearby Solvay factor influenced everything, the houses, the town itself, there was a salt harvesting factory, the place where they harvest salt from the ocean. This causes the water to turn pink and the salt crystals to form on top.
We went to a private beach by the salt harvesting area. The water was cold and it was windy but the dunes were pretty.
This was right next to the national park Carmargue, so in front of this lighthouse there are wild flamingos. We drove by really close to some of them and they flew off, it was cool to watch them because the ones in the zoo can't.
4 comments:
flamingos?! In the wild!? Cool.
and pink water is weird...
and the concert sounds interesting.
I love the picture with the lighthouse and the flamingos! I have seen flamingos in the Carmargue but never that many and not right in front of a light house. I also saw really big salines there but can't remember any pink water. Did you see a French type of bull fight in the amphitheater? It is quite different than a Spanish bull fight and the bull does not get killed in the end.
From the sound of it, it does not seem to be as hot in Arles as it was 5 years ago when we had about 40 C.
thats good that the bull doesnt get killed!! i dont like bull fights otherwise theyre mean to the bulls!!
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