Southern France | Travel Blog

If you love food, sunshine and wondering down cute little side streets, then Southern France is for you.

It has always been where my family and I go on holiday. It's somewhere I have been going since I was 9 years old- wow! We probably went around every 3 years which helps you to appreciate this place even more. I love France and always will. But having been there often we think this was our last time there *cries uncontrollably*

Between the culture, food, the weather and its scenery - what's not to love? I wake up and eat a freshly baked Croissant with some Orange Juice and look onto my gorgeous view of a pool and the mountains behind. Could I get used to this? Uh yes!

We also visited many markets within different villages throughout France such as Pézenas and Carcassonne.

Fantastic Food? The best! France is known for its cuisine and with every meal comes a basket of bread, ofc. During the day you would see many people sit outside bars and cafe's drinking, talking and 'people watching'. People watching is just as its sounds, they sit and drink whilst watching the world go by. They are super relaxed which is probably why they have a much more calmer lifestyle than we do back in the UK.

What About The Markets? Usually I find them boring but honesty if you go at the right time its pretty good. You could spend around 20 minutes wandering around the stalls and a further hour just exploring the surrounding villages whilst talking a small break for a drink or some lunch. I actually purchased a moisturiser made from Donkey's milk which smells and feels amazing on my skin - would highly recommend.
They sell anything from handmade jewellery to bread, hot and cold food, meats, t-shirts and wallets. They also sell about a million different types of cheese that you could smell from miles away.

And When You Were Not Out? On the relaxing days aka 'Pool days', I made this delicious Watermelon Cooler from scratch. 4 ingredients (all of which is fruit). Gotta have something healthy to balance out all that food, right?

What Is So Special About Carcassonne? Well number one, its's beautiful. The Château Comtal is a medieval castle within the Cité of Carcassonne, the largest city in Europe and is actually France's second most popular tourist attraction after the Tour Eiffel. It's quite cool walking through the Cité thinking about it's medieval past. The shops are little but some are also expensive.

PS: They also had a chocolate shop!

  

I mean how good does this food look?!

Sidenote...I swear in my past life I lived or travelled in between Paris and Southern France...I just don't get why I am so attached to this place before I even visited!

Cute, Colourful Side-streets...Their little side streets are incredibly cute, colourful and beautiful. They have small shops too just like in Carcassonne but I prefer these ones simply because this is probably my favourite place in Southern France. I want to say where it is but I think I shall leave this place a secret for now, I love it too much.

What To Do...You can do 101 things from cycling, horse-riding, waters-sports and Go-Karting but this activity by far has to be one of my favourite - Kayaking! My dad and I went via a company called Blue Bear. I was sceptical at first considering I had only ever done this during a trip with my class in a loch but this was in the Mediterranean Sea with strangers. Thankfully a few people spoke English but it just kind of reminded us how bad our French actually was. So if you ever get the chance I would 100% recommend this to you.

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