Welcome to the Camargue, which is something of the delta region of the Rhone River in Southern France. Here the Laurent family continues a tradition that dates back to 1944 - raising bulls.
This part of the world is more influenced than you'd think by other countries. In this case, the concept of bullfighting has been borrowed from the Spanish and slightly adapted. Bullfighters must try to take a ribbon off the bull to score points. Usually it's the human that gets hurt in this exercise, and not the bull.
And you need bulls for this, which is where the Laurents come in. Their superstar was called Goya, to the point where the bull has his own gravestone on the ranch. The family sometimes takes time out from ranching to give tours to visitors. When the Laurents ride together on beautiful horses to talk to the tourists, it feels like everyone should be humming the theme from Bonanza. And if you ever need someone who personifies the look of a cowboy, Henri Laurent is that person.
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