The Camargue is the vast marsh land in the south of France. It is populated by wild horses, flamingos (no joke) and sun tanned people. It contains salt dunes, which are exactly what they sound like. They are mounds of salt shaped by the wind to form dunes. Oh and did I mention that the town is completely white, making it blinding to look at.The place we visited was Saint-Marie de la Mer, which has another claim to fame; it is where Mary Magdalene and her maidens washed up on the beach. They have a festival commemorating it every year and the town is named after her.
We were going to go on a bike ride around the Camargue but we got sidetracked and stayed on the beach instead. Mom visited the Church where the relics of Saint Sarah are kept. We sat at a restaurant and ate Paella while watching the waves lap up on the shore. The Camargue, from what I have seen of it, seems to be a very peaceful, empty place.
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