Sometimes I wonder if things happen to me just because I am there. I am naturally accident prone, but some of the things that happen to me seem to be either very random or so ridiculous that most people do not believe them. Today was a very interesting day. We got together with a history-geograohy teacher here in Montpellier for a day of excursions. I say that he is a history-geography teache because in France these two subjects are combined into one because of the fact the you cannot teach one with out its relationship to the other. In any case, we decided to go see a 3000 year old burial cave that is quite secret to people even from Montpellier. Our guide told us that we were probably the first Americans to see the area because it is not in books and there is no trail to it. Even our guide friend has trouble finding it. Once we got up the mountain to a rock ledge, I decided to sit down on a rock which soon proved to be a bad idea. As I sat down on the rock it began to slide down the mountain. One of our French teachers yelled my name. I jumped off the rock and the rock proceded to land right on my thigh. The rock as about four feet long and three feet wide. As it hit my thigh it broke in two and left me pretty scratched up. The rock was calcite which broke easily and did not break my leg. Currenlty my leg is purple and swolen, but I do have a lovely memory. Aside from this drama, the trip lead to some wonderful historical encounters. After my accident was over, we climbed to a cave where ancient people would dump the ashes of their dead relatives. They believed that by returning the ashes deep under ground, they were returning the person to the earth. We saw the tunel where they left their bodies. Looking down the dark tunel and into the cavern reminded me of the path to death. Our guide told us that the tunnel eventually opened up to a cathedral like structure that also resembled a woman's woumb to the natives. He also said that even 3000 years after the fact, the cave smells like burned flesh. I think that it is amazing for me to see such a sacred site even if I almost broke my leg to see it.