Bonjour mes amis! What a weekend we had. We left Friday afternoon after I finished class and travelled by TGV to Montpellier where Benoit's parents live. Saturday morning we left early for a walking tour of Montpellier. Montpellier is in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon and is the 8th largest French city. Saturday afternoon we went to St. Guilhem Le Desert which was a pictoresque village created under Charlemagne by Guilhem(Prince of Orange). He founded the roman Abbey in 804, where you can still view remains of a cross. Sunday we went to La Grande Motte, which was a seaside resort on the Mediterranean, with pyramid-shaped architecture, and built from nothing but the sheer determination of mankind. Sunday afternoon we went to Aigues-Mortes ("Dead Waters") which is in the Camargue, an area of salt marshes in southern France. The foundation of this city was in 102 B.C. but the first documents on the city date from the 10th century A.D. Saint Louis built the port in the 13th century as France's only Mediterranean port at that time. Aigues-Mortes was the embarkation point of the Seventh Crusade (1248) and the Eighth Crusade (1270). The city includes 1650 meters of medieval city walls, including watch towers. Many thanks to Benoit's parents for an unforgettable weekend. Quelle histoire ce week-end!!!
Mme. Wallace
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