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About Quiche Lauren
Hi! I'm a 2013 graduate of Gettysburg College who is embarking upon a journey in Nîmes, France as an English teaching assistant through the TAPIF program. I hope for this blog to be useful to people considering TAPIF or currently in the TAPIF program- or if you're just hoping to learn some French cultural tidbits and see pretty pictures of France. So come along and follow me in this adventure!
Tag Archives: Taureaux de Camargue
Tauromania- a guide
With the Féria de Pentecôte in Nîmes this weekend (wish I were there!!), I felt it was a good time to introduce you to tauromania a bit more thoroughly. Tauromachie, or loosely bull culture, is HUGE in southeastern France. For those who … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Languedoc-Rousillon, Nîmes, South of France, TAPIF, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Arles, banda, bodega, bullfight, bullfighter, bullfighting, Camargue, corrida, course camarguaise, cowboy, culture, féria, Féria de Pentecôte, France, Hemingway, Languedoc-Rousillon, manade, matador, Nîmes, peña, picador, rejoneador, South of France, Spain, Taureaux de Camargue, tauromachie, tauromachy, The Sun Also Rises, torero, travel, UNESCO
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MMM: Trois Maries & mer, marais, montagnes
Tufts of red and green turn to tones of brown washing up to a blue that melts somewhere between sea and sky. This is what it’s like in la Camargue, or more specifically at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. I went there today … Continue reading
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