Sète is known as the “Venice of the Languedoc” (by their Office of Tourism). It’s a quaint little port town just south of Montpellier. Claude and Caroline took me there today for the afternoon. Although the weather was somewhat dreary, this peninsular town is full of charm. Although I previously called Sète “little,” it is one of the largest ports on the Mediterranean. That being said, the Sea has a large influence on their culture. In the picture above, there’s a statue in the distance of a man holding a lance. [...]

Wednesday we took a trip to the 300 year old port, Sète, in Southern France. It is the largest port on the French Mediterranean coast selling 8,000 tons of fish every year. Fishing boats leave at 3 am and return at 4 pm to auction off their catch. Turing the Cannes Film Festival, the price of fish skyrockets because restaurant owners travel to Sète to buy the freshest, best fish for all the celebrities. Tuna boats leave in April and return in October where they fish as far as the [...]