Two days ago, we went to the city of Arles to see some Roman architecture and see the city. I actually ended up getting lost while taking pictures on my own and had a mini panic attack. I was thinking. "ok, I don't speak the language, I literally have no idea where I am or how to get home... so... I'll just stand here and hope someone comes back for me." Luckily, about 10 minutes later a few people from my group somehow walked by. So I'm still here and alive. Anyway, the coliseum we saw was amazing and the city was quite charming.
The next day we went into Uzes to the morning market which was ridiculous. The city was filled to capacity with booths of fresh fruit, veggies, clothes, anything you can think of. We spent a few hours walking around and I bought some fresh Paella which is this batch of delicious rice, muscles and crawfish. Then, I walked into a coffee and tea shop to bring some good French coffee home and ran into my first full on conversation with someone who spoke absolutely no English. It's so funny to try and get your point across by only knowing the words for coffee, please, yes, no, and thank you. Somehow she understood I wanted espresso and that I wanted a bag of the best they had. I also smelled literally every loose leaf tea they had and picked the mint rose. It is stupid delicious. It all ended up being much cheaper than I thought and I left the store in a sweat from being so nervous and tense over the language barrier. But it ended well and I'm bringing home some fantastic treats.
That's enough for now, here's some pictures!
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