Gorde and Roussillon

Yesterday the group went on a great excursion to the Bories, Gorde, and Roussillon.

The Bories is an old village that was used a very long time ago (300 AD I think). All the homes are made of stone, without mortar. It's amazing that they still stand. The streets were crazy getting there, I thought we were going to fall of the steep cliff. 

Next we went to a town nearby, Gorde. It was so beautiful! The pictures I have don't even look like photos, they look like paintings it was so pretty. We ate lunch and I picked up some sleeping pills in this town. I don't understand how these people walk up and down the steep hills with cobblestone all the time!

Afterwards, we went to my favorite part of the trip, Roussillon. This is the site of the world's largest Ocre deposit. We learned how the ocre dyes were sifted out and processed a long time ago. It took a lot of work and a lot of time. Ocre is used for paints and dyes. It comes in white, orange, red and yellow. It was absolutely amazing to see the canyons of it. I was sad though because my camera battery died when we were there. I could have sat and looked at the scenery for hours. I wish my dad had been there, he would have loved it.

Then we went and got some delicious ice cream. I tested the flavor violette. It was interesting. They also had lavendar. The ice cream here is amazing. I had framboise, raspberry, and melon. The raspberry tasted like pure, fresh raspberries and it was so red! Delicious!

Other than that, this week was pretty chill. I saw Fast and Furious 4. It was not very good. I don't recommend it. But the movie theaters here are cool. They have candy shops. And the seats are so comfy! And the screens are huge! On Friday I saw "Coco avant Chanel," "Coco before Chanel." It is pretty big here right now. It has the French actress who played in "Amelie." I highly recommend that you see it when it comes out in the States. She did a phenominal job.