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... which all the girls obviously enjoyed, and I’m sure will help the plants grow. There were lots of mountain bikers about and people riding, but most of the other walkers were middle aged...but we enjoyed ourselves, even if we did get awful blisters! Planning to go again soon and try a different route. I suppose we
should have checked whether our phones work up there in case we get lost...

Otherwise, there’s been a lot going on in Aix. We ...

... over 1.5 million tourists each year as it is the source of a natural spring. It's wierd seeing a fast flowing river and then walking 50 metres "upstream" and there only being a trickle.. and then a bit further and no water... nothing but a big cliff straight up!

The town itself is nestled in a valley and is particularly pretty at dusk when rocks take on the colours of the sunset ...

... made some friends had we the time and resources to put together costumes... I decided we were dressed up as Canadians, which I thought would have worked great until Tom pointed out that Canadians would probably speak more French. But we weren't really left out, there were only a handful of people dressed up. Overall; here is the tally of costumes in Aix on halloween: 2 girls in witch hats (with one stocking each), 5 ...

... 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 ...

... came down near us but we were lucky and just got debris on us. But enough whining about the weather.
Avignon is extremely beautiful and we have a lovely view at night of all the castle etc all lit up as we are camped on a sort of island in the Rhone. We arrived yesterday and explored the town and went to the Popes palace which is the best preserved castle of its age in France. We then ...

... where we were or where we were headed. About to give up and go home we FINALLY stumbled across a very dodgy looking little store with a room of computers upstairs. We were all very excited... until realising that the keyboards overseas are not the same as they are back home. You write two sentences with all your a's now s's and all your t's now r's and you just give up. So this is where I apologize for being slack with emails whilst away given the ...

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... that we headed back to the gite, packed the bags in the car, and sat down for a while to drink champagne and eat yummy pizza before we headed off to Marseilles. We only had time to eat the first course of pizza, much to the children's chagrin as they had seen a huge croquembouche go past! Mike pretended to help make the pizzas but luckily Bernard's lovely older son from a first marriage soon took back the reins. We finally said our fond farewells to ...

... From the castle grounds one can just see to the distant Mediterranean and the city of Marseilles. All around are beautiful olive groves and vineyards. It was here that the mineral used for making aluminum was discovered in 1858, giving it the name of bauxite. The castle is a honeycomb of ruined passageways, underground rooms, lookouts and steps, steps and more steps. It's also extremely windy and cold on the higher parts. http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/bouches/bau x/baux.htm.