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Aix-en-Provence Slideshow
Aix-en-Provence
Travel Blogs from Aix-en-Provence, France
A visit to Lacoste and Baux (home of bauxite)
Had a couple of great days - the countryside is much drier than I expected but spectacular. Many narrow winding streets (maybe the others did not notice but the bus driver (me) did). Went thru Bonneaux (amazing), Lacoste (largely owned by Pierre ...
A very early beginning - ugh.
... ; Will be easy to recognize. I’m sitting in the second seat and have a seat to myself. I doze on the way to Aix-en-Provence. It was SUCH an early start. We stop in Aix (which is pronounced X for some reason - I ...
Where the French holiday...
Had dinner at at Senegalese restaurant on the first night in Aix...it is the most beautiful college town, such a young vibrancy about it. The main street is lined with Oak trees, there were no leaves when we were there, it would be the most ...
Arriving in Aix
... town cost approximately 20E. The hotel I'd chosen was Le Manoir, located in the midst of the historical section of Aix-en-Provence, within walking distance of Cours Mirabeau and La Rotunde. Le Manoir offered a lovely courtyard area, parking and ...
Red, White and...Rosé
... it was very rewarding to help out. We were also lucky enough to be able to travel to other cities in the south of France, courtesty of Sčverine. We explored the slightly Parisian college town of Aix, went to the small village of Salon, and ...
Decided to make a blog...
So I've been finding it really challenging to give everyone thorough updates while going to school and experiencing France in timely responses.. So I made a blog? O.K. so I wont start from the beginning because so much has happened already in the 3 weeks ...
Morning of Day 1
... Claude was a charming and humorous speaker! We'll see him again on Sunday. We headed off in 2 groups for a walking tour of Aix. My group had slight mishap with one of out guests taking a tumble while crossing the road. A couple of small lacerations ...
Aix-en-Provence
We arrived in Aix-en-Provence on Sunday night after catching the train down from Aix-le-Bains. Tis a nice town (about 120k people). Didn't do much there, just some wandering around markets and watching Tour de France on Tv. ...
Provence
... intended to go to Marselle, but finding little accomodation available (we would be arriving close to the weekend) we opted for Aix-En-Provence, where we rented a small apartment-style room, and which proved to be a much better choice. Aix is a quaint ...
Jewel of Provence
... . It was raining, so we did laundry and ate pizza. The highlight was scoring reservations at Les Deux Garcons, an institution in Aix for dining. It was good, but I can't remember what we ate. Maybe more wine would have ...
Aix-en-Provence
... minds! This morning, after a fairly wakeful night, we decided that instead of driving to Trets we’d bus and train to Aix en Provence. It was a beautiful day, so we enjoyed the views and took a more relaxed approach to our travels. Look, we found a ...
Aix and Arles
... some sights. As I said before we were avoiding the toll roads which was nice. We got to see more rural Provence. And another aqueduct popped up before us. Not a tourist attraction like the other. Just an old aqueduct... no ...
"Les Anglais"
... on a touristy trip organised by the ERASMUS and international students' office. First stop was Arles, 'the most beautiful town in Provence' and a world heritage site, which had lots of roman ruins and pretty French streets. Les arčnes (the bullring) was ...
SEXTIUS'UN AIX'I
... 'arsan kaç ,diziciler bizi burada da buluverdi. Öğlene doğru toparlandık. Bugün programda Aix-en-Provence var . Aix-en-Provence ,Kısaca Aix ,Fransa'nın güneyinde Bouches-du-Rhône (Rhone ağzı) departmanına ...
Aix marks the spot
Bonjour avec Aix-en-Provence Cherie Since the last news we have visited the Cote D'Azur spending time at Monte Carlo and Antibes. We stayed near Antibes at a place called Biot and at night you could hear the seals at nearby Marineland - very strange. It ...
Day 40 - Aix-en-Provence
... ; many people brought a picnic lunch and (in fine weather) there is a swimming beach. We left and drove another hour to Aix-en-Provence and found our hotel just off the Motorway. The hotel is quite nice, but a little expensive. We have decided that ...
Day 41 - Aix-en-Provence
We decided to drive to the port town of Marseilles for the day. We located a parking station 800mts from the city centre on sat nav so off we went. What the sat nav did not know was how much road work and redevelopment was happening ...so we sat at the ...
Only 2 more days in Europe! :(
Back in Aix. I'm terribly sad that we have only 2 more days in Europe. We are doing a 2 week stop in Thailand on the way back though...can't wait for some island action! or lazying around on the beaches sipping cocktails! I can't believe ...
Cezanne's backyard: Aix-en-Provence!
Actually had time, on our way back from Nice, to stop by Aix-en-Provence and tour the city. It was so, so beautiful; we were able to visit the Museum of Natural History and the Museum Granet. Next time we stop by Carly and I will definitely be ...
Lourdes and Aix
... huge, it doesn't have a kitchen, so I still can't eat those bloody potatoes I've been lugging about all week. Maybe in Avignon... Aix is quite nice, quite hot and very expensive, so I think two nights is probably enough. I've been to the Musee de Vieil ...
Aix En Provence: A Worthwhile Stopover!
... (Marseille) or a cute Provencal town that you can walk across in 15 minutes and is home to the famous painter Cezanne (Aix en Provence)? I google imaged both places and Marseille just looked too similar to the cities I had just visited so I opted ...
Aix-en-Provence
We arrived here after a 3 hour train ride. Wow this to is a really lovely place. Arrived in the morning to 24°c hurray - we pulled the thongs out!! Another university town with many tourists but a lot more english speaking people. A ...
Short way is the best!
... ja oli pilves... Eestis 29 kraadi. Ei ole őiglane! Seega külade marsruut asendus plaanis oleva linnaga Aix-de-Provence, meie tuntud lemmikautori lemmiklinnaga. Meile ka sai see lemmikuks, kuigi üsna vőrdsena teiste hulgas. Peter Mayle'l ...