Now for too many florals...
Our fifth stop was the little town of Aix en Provence. It was definitely my least favourite stop, but I think it's because I expected it to be different. It's definitely a pretty town, lots of restaurants and shops, but I wanted to experience more of the Provence countryside, which is about an hour outside the city. I wanted to see the lavender fields and the country homes and fields of prettiness...which is not what a central city is about! I was also upset because they have an amazing flower market on Saturday but it ends at 1 p.m. and we got there right at one so we missed it. But we made the best of it and wandered around the streets and shops. We only spent one night here before heading East. Am I too old to go on this? The only flowers I saw this day...at a flower shop. Angled trees Window flowers are so pretty! Only shot I could get of this church without interrupting the wedding pictures going on below Day 10 iPhone - view of Marseille (train stop on the way to provence), our hotel room (stayed at the Adagio Aix en Provence Centre), pretty turquoise shutters, Cezanne painted many sites in Provence, pretty purple church doors, the main street at night) So the next day while Matt was running I got up early and went to the Pavillion de Vendomme, which is a house and gardens, and took lots of pictures of their flowers. The least I could do after missing the flower market! Now for too many florals... Morning of Day 11 iPhone - Matt's morning run in city square, construction cover still looks like a church!
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Thanks! Posting the last one - from Villefranche - today.
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