Canoeing on the Lez River

I did not expect for me to go to France and canoe, but that must have been destiny for me. After the lovely experience that I had 0n the Green River in Prof. Caswell's class, I am glad that I had another chance to try out my skills. We began on the outdoor pursuits area of the University of Montpellier. We put our gear in dry containers and headed out on our big blue canoes. Many people from our group chose not to go because they believed that it would be a slow and borring four hour river ride, but they could not have been more wrong in their theory. About five minutes after we began, we encountered a rapid. The guide told us how to go and my partner Hector and I headed down the rapid. We were doing fine until we hit a rock and flipped our boat. The moment I hit the water I began to laugh uncontrolably because I was one of the only people to have ever canoed in the group and I so happened to be the one to flip. I am glad that we flipped because the water felt wonderful and the experience itself was wonderful. We hit about six rapids which were each progressively harder, but we made it trough all. Aside from the wonderful exitement of the rapids, the emerald color of the water and the villas on the shore kept my mind in wonder. I kept thinking of how this area must have looked 500 years ago when there was nothing but river and a few huts.