Today I found out that for my internship, I will be making a
series of short broadcasts about my American perspective on various aspects of
life and French culture. My boss told me
that sometimes French people associate negative connotations with Americans and
that it would be interesting to get the opinion of an actual American. Therefore, I’ll be making four-minute long
broadcasts on such diverse topics as my impressions of Montpellier, French
cuisine, French and European politics, American politics, and a slew of other
issues. It will be interesting.
Just before I was finished for the day, my boss asked me if
I would like to accompany him and two of our technicians (Manu and Stéphan) to
Aigues-Mortes where they were going to be looking at a new control board that
they were interested in buying for the station.
I rode along with them and I am very glad that I did. The countryside that we drove through was
beautiful. On one side of the road was
the Mediterranean beach and sand-forest.
On the other side was a series of water-ways and lakes. There were many horses and waterfowl,
including flamingos.
Aigues-Mortes itself is a beautifully ancient medieval city,
with very large and impressive battlements.
Most of the city rests inside of the chateau, which sits next to a river
and borders a massive salt-marsh, from which the castle drew its fortunes in
the middle ages. It was very impressive and wonderfully
beautiful. Here is a link to the city’s
office of tourism, complete with pictures of the castle: http://www.ot-aiguesmortes.fr/
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