Appart' Valley Les Jardins De Galice Aix-en-Provence

We have at long last arrived in France! We ended up scrapping the visit to Marseille, both since travellers we've met said its not worth the visit, and since we heard it's not really the place to be wandering around the streets at 10 at night looking for a place to stay. So instead we caught the bus up to Aix-en-Provence, which is pretty much the cutest town on the entire planet. We're pretty sure we were the only people ...

... Argh! I tried to get him to go up into the town and explore, but I couldn&#8217;t drag him further than a few blocks - worry that we needed to be back in time&#8230;?!?!<br><br>Finally around 4, they opened the gate so we could drive in. Only to find the ticket office didn&#8217;t open until 6pm. While waiting, we talked with a lovely Frenchcouple who were completely unperturbed at our lack of language ...

... was treated to a surprise tea party chez moi (complete with Disney napkins and cups...and wine) and I bought her a kettle, tea, and biscuits, what every British girl on her year abroad needs (well, apart from myself, being a strange and rare non-tea-drinking creature)! She had a fantastic time and all were home by 10:30 (the buses don't run late here), but then again we had started relatively early! For Louise we had a film night and then a night out. I think her ...

Bonjour avec Aix-en-Provence Cherie<br>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 was still quite hot and stickey with more mozzies. Monte Carlo was wall to wall money with billions of dollars in boats and cars. Antibes was similar but it had a lovely old town as well.<br>We arrived ...

Marseilles is a great city to get lost in. It may even be a great city to find yourself in. Streets branch off at acute angles that leave buildings on corners sucking in their bellies and hanging on for dear life. They probably mark the spots where some ancient forebear- let's call him 'Desmond&#8217;- manned a barrow in the marketplace and the rest is history. The grid plan came later or elsewhere. This is more like a ...

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After staying up until well after 1 a.m. chatting online with Michael's nephew Darrow and sister Jane via Skype, the Globetrotters were tired and ended up sleeping in until almost 10:00 this morning! Not again! We ate a light breakfast, then before we knew it, Jean was in the kitchen preparing lunch.  Michael had mentioned that he wanted to try bouliabase, a soup prepared with fresh fish, mussels ...

... is fierce, as grapes seem to have some sort of aesthetic leaning towards thriving in beautiful places. However Provence has, yes, a certain je ne sais quoi that takes the lead here. Part of it is due to the great variety from the lush southern landscape to the dramatic rocks of the Gigondas, to the vines near the seaside, and even on the slopes of the imposing and harsh Mt. Ventoux. Add all this natural variety to the French's insistence on ...

... shop featured a santon that represented a man walking through the mistral wind that is famous in the area (luckily we didn't experience that). We did do some shopping here, which was about all we could carry in our bags, but I wont tell you who the items will go to! We were so close to the hotel that we took our purchase to the room before heading out to Cours Mirabeau. The day was beautiful, probably in the 70s, and because it was Thursday, we were off to the local market! There ...

... home and all my stuff is there...when I go to campus in the fall, my parents and I make a month long trip out of it, because we have to travel to SC from south FL, load all my stuff into the room, get me settled into my room, etc....and on top of that, we normally organize all my things in the summer time so that it's ready to take up to school...none of my stuff was organized at the time because we were not expecting an early home coming. So, to ...