Monday, September 14, 2009

LA FETE DU SEL

On the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of September, Salies experiences its biggest 2 days of the year - the Fete du Sel - The Salt Festival. Salies is known for the healing qualities of its thermal salt and this fete brings together artisans from all over the surrounding province of Landes.


Our little rue was right in the middle of it. We literally had it right on our doorstep. There were times over the weekend when we almost couldn't make it out of our front door due to the throngs of festival goers passing buy.

Rue de loume

We booked into lunch at our local restaurant - les Terrasses - at 3pm. We thought that we could escape the hoards and enjoy a quiet lunch with the family. Watch the video to see what happened...

Amazing, wonderful, totally mindblowing. the whole restaurant just burst into song.
Such joie de vivre. We dont sing enough. It is so cool

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Awesome! Looks so amazing! Hey,...I sell Fume De Sel all the time at work,...the most expensive salt I have ever seen! We are off in a week,...can't wait to see you guys and share our adventures! Lots of Love ~L~