Day 4- Twenty!

I turned twenty today! I don't feel like I'm not officially a teenager any more! I've had such a lovely day, I've been really blessed! :3 I woke up to sunshine and croissants for breakfast! There was also a lovely surprise gift from Sam and one from his parents too<3 Sam gave me a really cool dragon ear cuff; he sort of perches on your ear! I've nicknamed him Alexander!<3 I also received a really cute owl purse from his parents! It was such a lovely surprise! The plan was to go to a real French 'hippy' market and later on to Carcassonne but we ended up driving right into the rain! Opting to give that a miss, we drove home for some lunch, and found that the sunshine hadn't left there! As a result, we had a  lovely afternoon, past the Canal du Midi in a really quaint little town called Minerve that was nestled into the rock side. It was absolutely gorgeous!
To get into the town you walk past a massive canyon made by natural erosion from the river, the photos don't do it justice! On the way on the drive here we noticed a massive cave in the side that looks like you might be able to walk to it which would be interesting to see if you can one day! The town itself was gorgeous, very arty crafty filled with lots of little quaint shops<3 We watched the swallows nesting in the roof tiles and walked through the winding streets to the old forts. The stone stairs made me laugh as you had to kind of jump on them across the water! It was very pretty though, and the stone face Sam discovered when he sat on it gave him a shock!

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have"

We then ended the day chilling by the pool with a barbecue for supper, which finished off with a delicious creamy iced sponge cake covered in fresh fruit!<3 We even fed a strawberry to the giant ants to see if they could carry it back with them haha. Afterwards we walked down to the horses again before settling in for the night with several games of scrabble~