A few weeks ago I came across a very interesting information about a wine growing region, which is located in the department of Gironde, in France. It's called Medoc. Each year thousands of people go there to participate into the world's longest running festival: The festival of Wine! Only French could think up this incredible kind of a holiday. However, each participant is dressed up in a quite untypical way and runs 42 km for 6 hours. The most unimaginable fact is that during the race they stop for a short breaks to drink up a glass of the best wine in the world. Isn't that impressive? ;) But that's not all of it. The participant are also welcome to eat during the breaks. Here's "menu": oysters, foie gras, cheese, steak and ice-cream. Brilliant.
Besides, the festival doesn't include only the race and wine, but also dances, fireworks and new acquaintances.
This is a great event and I would love to go there as soon as possible.
While I've been reading the one participant's blog, I liked one great expression, which describes the whole atmosphere of the Marathon: "It isn't about getting a good time - it's about having a good time". That sounds so obvious and simple, but I feel like it is really difficult sometimes to focus on nothing but our satisfaction from being somewhere.
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