Snails and Boeuf Tartar

Mark was the first one to try the snails. These are traditional French food. They were pretty good.
The is Boeuf Tartar - it wasn't too bad

Cooking Class

While we were in Paris we took a cooking class. It was all in French! We made Mushroom Rissoto and Salmon. We got to eat it too.

This is the Salmon

Mark ready to do some chopping

Paris

looking at the Natural History Museum

Looking at the Eiffel Tower from the boat

The Panthenon

insdie the mosque

This is not tradiditonal French food

An American restauant in France

Ride back to Montpellier

Aigues-Mortes

this is an ancient fort

salt farms

walling along the ramparts

I'm walking all the way around the city on the walls that you see in the distance.

I can see all of the rooftops below inside the walls

outside they are setting up for the bulls and you can see the salt farms that are pink

gargoyles

I think that is a pile of salt

This is where we were riding eariler today

videos

Nimes cathedral and ride to aigues-mortes

concourse area


view over the railing



Inside - arena is still used today for bull fighting

outfits of the gladiators

gladiator weapons - this was Mark's favorite part

I'm in the highest row where the slaves used to sit. Great view of the city from here.

riding through olive trees and vinyards on the way to aigues-mortes

horses on the other side of the canal

Many of the roads were dirt but it was fine on our bikes with front and rear shock absorbers

no one on the road except dragon flies and birds. There were a few boats going down the canal.
We are riding on the towpath. The path that they used to pull the barges up the river.