text:  That was a beautiful shot. These are the sounds of Southern France, the cicadas in the trees, and the shuffle and the crack of a game of Pétanque. I'm in Marseille, and I'm watching not just any game, but the quarterfinals of the international Pétanque championship. We welcome now world competition of Pétanque, the biggest in the world. This is Laurence Astier, who's one of the organizers.