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January 15, 2020 | The Clarion Arts & Life Page 3 My winter break adventure A tale of too much wine, cheese and French bread By Margaret Correll Layout & Design Editor For college students, winter break is something that is almost a necessity. After the exams and the stress, students are begging for the month off. That is exactly what I was saying when finals week came along, I needed this break like a fish needs water. My boyfriend and former Opinion Editor for the Clarion, Florian Peyssonneaux, planned for us to visit his parents in his native country of France. We scheduled our trip to include Christmas and New Year’s with a lot of time to explore and learn about his hometown. We planned, we packed and we headed for the Asheville airport to start our international journey. I was very excited to meet most of his friends and his family for the first time. The trip was not an easy one though, several missed flights, delayed planes and losing our luggage became the highlight of our flying experience. We made it to our final flying destination, Marseille, a wild city in southern France where his parents were waiting to pick us up. I was extremely tired from the long trip we just tackled but excited to be in a country I had never visited before. After celebrations with his family, endless amounts of cheese, wine and the best baguettes I have ever tasted, we decided to travel in the area where he lived. The scenery was beautiful, nothing like I had ever seen while living in North Carolina. The village was nestled in the mountains, at an altitude where fresh lavender was known to grow in large quantities. From his backyard you can see the snowy mountaintops of the French Alps. We traveled to many places in the short two weeks that we were visiting. Places such as the Gorges du Verdon which are home to the deepest gorge in France and to a river with water that is a beautiful emerald color. For a few days we took a trip to the coast of France to visit some friends, this is where we explored Cannes, Nice, Eze, Monaco and traveled briefly into Italy. Talk about some rich people, the cars were insane, the scenery was breathtaking and the stores were clean and high-end. We did some things I had never done before, we went skiing in the French Alps. My boyfriend is a champ, I on the other hand, felt like a new born horse struggling to And my footing. After a long stay, we had to say goodbye to our incredible trip. France was great to us and we had the most amazing time. 1 hope to visit again soon and take just as many amazing pictures! Left: Margaret Correll on a ledge overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Right: A view of downtown Nice from Castie Hill.
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