Each year, there is jousting
held on the Canal du Midi at Sallèles-d'Aude,
15 minutes from here.
I tried to go 3 years ago, but got the times wrong and missed it all. The last two years, it’s been on the same Sunday as Bize’s own Olive Festival. This year it was a week after, and I made it at last.
The boats are brought up from Sète, where water jousting has been a tradition
since 1666. They have their big festivals in July and August, but take time out
to come up to the Canal for a day of jousting.
Given the quality of the water in the Canal (!), I know where I’d prefer taking a dive….
Given the quality of the water in the Canal (!), I know where I’d prefer taking a dive….
The place was crowded – canal-side markets, food stalls, a
huge vide-grenier winding through the streets, and thousands of people. But I
managed to get a good position on the other
side of the safety rail.
At least I
wasn’t the only one with legs hanging over into the canal – and it certainly
did afford a great front-row view.
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3 comments:
This looks like so much fun! I love how they are all in white and the bright colors on the boats, it looks so festive :-)
Hello my dear friend Debora; I would like to congradulate you with your blog which is marvelous and help me alot to teach English here in Brazil, I always ask my students to take a look at your blog because of its cultural contents. And this one was really useful, since I was trying to teach them the word " JOUST".
Best regards
Thiago
Hello my dear friend Debora; I would like to congradulate you with your blog which is marvelous and help me alot to teach English here in Brazil, I always ask my students to take a look at your blog because of its cultural contents. And this one was really useful, since I was trying to teach them the word " JOUST".
Best regards
Thiago
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