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Travel Blogs from Aix-en-Provence

Day 6: Marseille

A travel blog entry by heathertunstall

Well this city surprised the hell out of us! We didn't really know what to expect when we set off this morning; it was cold and windy, and we wanted to take a boat over to the famed Chateau d'If. Despite the cloudless blue sky, there was a sign at the port saying there would be no landings at Chateau d'If due to poor weather, but they were still running ferries to an island called Frioul (turns out there were extremely high winds and big waves). It promised a view of the prison on the ...

#KamiProbs

A travel blog entry by luv2travel.kami

*the pictures of this post at the bottom don't have much to do with the content of the post. They just make me smile. Click on the pictures to make them larger and read the captions!*

Anyways....it stopped raining! Finally!

Then I went to the store....

So apparently the French don't like to bathe. Or wash their hair. Their bottles of shampoo are tiny! I'll have to buy a new one every other week! Don't get ...

"weekend" is "weekend" in French

A travel blog entry by luv2travel.kami

... up, but for Aix there were quite a few and the site supplies other surrounding towns if you don't want to be in Aix. Just thought i'd let ya know in case you're still looking!

Ok, now what some of you have been waiting for...pictures! There are more below!

So the pictures are a bit old, like from two weeks ago, but they are of the pretty scenery from around here! :)

Miss you all!
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving/Black Friday, haha.
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Bienvenue sur la planete Mars(eille)!!!

A travel blog entry by manon802

... 11 decembre, la pas tout de suite! lol je suis enerve je saute dans le salon, je dans comme une folle!!! bon ok, jessaie de me calmer les nerds, oufff le coeur me debat!!! cest malade!!!
derniere soiree ici, on prend l apero, une amie de romain vient nous rejoindre, super gentille aussi! petite echange musicale, francais et marseillais contre quebecois! ha et joubliais
je men va en Australie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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OK place - bad time to go

A travel blog entry by nancyandscott

We missed the summer lavender fields. If you really dig modern painting, Aix-en-Provence may hold some charm. Not a bad town, just nothing really spectacular.

Nancy liked the shopping in the old town during the market day.

My pic is a bit snarky. Just showing what is undoubtedly the worst (somewhat) functionally aircraft carrier in the world, the Charles de Gaulle.
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