les vieilles charrues

Mark and I decided to act like we were still in college and attend the largest musical festival in France - Les Vieilles Charrues this past weekend. We were not the oldest, but we were definitely not the youngest! It seems French kids party just like American kids, but they have some weird obsession with giving each other tattoos with permanent markers? Maybe that's cool now in the states too and I'm just not aware. The big act on Friday was Elton John and I would have DIED to see him but he cancelled his tour two weeks ago - nooooo! I will see him someday, just in a field full of French people would have been a fantastic way! Enjoy a few snapshots!

 Mark finally got a hot dog!
He also must have looked extra French because he was like a magnet to anyone who had a question!
Désolé. Je parle un peu le français (Sorry. I speak a little French) was the phrase of the weekend.

 The festival attracts 200,000 people! On Friday night, there were 65,000 during this French pop act!

 Oh yeah, we camped! This was the only picture we got before the phone died. I have no idea how many tents there were, but we were in campsite 11 of 12 and we arrived on Friday afternoon! It took us at least 15 minutes just to walk to our tent from the start of the campground.

 Wonder why the French are healthy? Because they give hungover kids a box of fruit instead of donuts for breakfast WITH fresh squeezed orange juice! That whole box was only 6euro!

The French also like dressing up for anything... or so I'm told. There were a lot of really crazy costumes! Overall, it was a great time but we were both really looking forward to a shower and real bathroom yesterday when we returned!