Roussillon, Vaucluse

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Roussillon is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Roussillon lies within the borders of the Parc Naturel Régional du Luberon. In the French natural regional parks, new economic activities may be developed only if they are sustainable.
It is noted for its large ochre deposits found in the clay surrounding the village. Ochres are pigments ranging from yellow and orange to red. One of the former ochre quarries can be visited via the 'Sentier des Ocres' (Ochre Path), a walk of either 30 or 60 minutes through the old workings.

Kayaking in Cassis

Video 1 Jumping off the cliffs of the calanques of Cassis 

Video 2: to get to Cassis we had to rent some kayaks 

cassis-kayak.fr

cassis-kayak.com

www.provencekayakmer.fr

www.kayak-cassis.fr/

We rented our kayaks right on the calanque called Port miou. The lady is very nice two place kayaks are 40 euros each for half a day of kayaking (4 hours)

thats normally more than enough to get to the next calanque which is the prettiest and have lunch

watch this next video to see how it is

Miramas le Vieux

Miramas is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It is the second-largest commune in metropolitan Ouest-Provence and is located at северной оконечности the Étang de Berre lagoon, adjacent to and northeast of the city of Istres.


Its a very beautiful little city where you can get some great ice cream at the restaurant at the top.
So if you are ever spending some days in the Marignane area i highly recommend this visit


and to get there if you can ride a motorcycle you'll enjoy it even better cause the view is spectacular

Le JAI

This is one of the Beautiful things about Marignane, its the "JAI" or the "Marignane Plage"
Its one of the few places in the south of France that actually looks like a Florida Beach. Especially the area that is a natural reserve. Its an area where no cars are allowed. You can see people running or riding their bikes. Me on the other hand love to use it to run with my Dog :)

This is also a great place kite surfing, Wind surfing and all types of water sports!!! this is a great place to live or be near by if you enjoy the water sports. 

Just be careful with the Kite surfing out here people die kite surfing on a yearly basis because they are inexperienced and attempt to do it when the weather situations are not right. This is a great spot because the wind has a good force out here so watch out especially for the mistrals 

On the way

In aix gare on the way to paris

Street Martial Arts Academy (my new sport)

So when i was in the states the big sport (2011) was quickly becoming MAA (Mixed Martial arts), But i was a true tough guy and i played Rugby

Rugby was the true man's sport and i believe it still is 

by the way check out my team the Coco Nuts hahaha in Daytona beach

http://www.daytonabeachrugby.org/

Anyways getting back to the story as i came to Marignane, France i hadn't played sports in a while (2-3 months) so i was starting to be not so happy ( i need sports)!!!!!

so I looked at the Marignane website it is full of great information, that i have to say was amazing

http://www.marignane.fr/index.adml?r=240&p=574

where i found out this existed

STREET MARTIAL ART ACADEMY
Instructeur: Jean-Luc VILLEMINTél : 06 63 86 03 25Cours : lundi de 19h30 à 21h30 mercredi de 18h à 20h samedi de 14h à 16h au gymnase du bolmon - 13700 MarignaneActivités : Pancrase, MMA, self-défense (systema, kapap)Courrierl : street-martial-art-academy@hotmail.frSites internet : http://www.smaa13.fr http://www.wix.com/kapapfeksd/kapap-marignane 

so i was a bit interested and thats where i found my new sport , check it out: 

Well thats enough for today tell me what you think of the sport i've picked out here in France

Websites for France shopping

When in the South of France here are some websites to look at to find cheap or used merchandise. For Americans that know sites like Craigslist i have an equivalent in the list below. Craigslist does exist in the south of France but is barely used.


adresse internet de matériels neuf à prix bas

http://www.cdiscount.com

http://www.pixmania.com/fr
http://www.rueducommerce.fr

Craigslist like website for France

http://www.leboncoin.fr/

Les Baux De Provence

Les Baux De Provence




Today i go to "les Baux de Provence" for a little hike in the town and mountains.
Will take some pictures and update the public once we are back ! from this beautiful little walk.

good news!!!

• So far today there has been no Rain!!!! even though everyone tells me it doesnt normally rain in the south of France the first two weeks that i arrived in marignane it was nothing but rain 
• No 'Mistrals' today, apparently the wind likes to blow at hurricane speeds here in the south 35 percent of the time! lets hope we dont get blown away

talk to you soon

LINKS - incase you are ever in the region and want to see some of the things that are around here :)

• http://www.avignon-et-provence.com
• http://www.les-baux-de-provence.alpilles.fr/
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