Pictures HERE. Not too many today.
9:30pm: back at the airbnb after a fairly uneventful day. At least the weather was beautiful finally! We grabbed some pastries at the bakery in town (not before the lady gave me change in all one and two cent coins....) and set off for about an hour to Aix-en-Provence. It took us on the major roadway (equal to interstate) and we actually hit some decent traffic to get to the center of the town.
Anyway, we parked in the huge Rotonde garage in the center, which was perfectly located for some of the market action. Since Aix is a bigger city, it’s outdoor market is sprawled in different parts of the city, in a couple squares, on a main street, etc. We grabbed a coffee at a cafe and then followed Rick Steves’s walking tour while checking out some of the market. I also picked up a couple of huge Macarons from a recommended store. There is really a ton of crap sold at these markets. Definitely bigger than the other Provencal towns we have seen, it has little to actually see except the church, which has a number of architectural styles all in one. I bought some strawberries from a grower and we got some lunch.
I didn’t have anything specific else on the itinerary so we decided to take a more scenic/country route back to home base. We didn’t seem to pass anything that looked too interesting. If I had planned better we would have ditched the car in Aix, stayed there a night, then went on to Marseille. Oh well! We made it nack to the airbnb and started packing up a little, then wandered the town a little, then went back to Le 5 for dinner. Since the weather was nice, we could eat on their beautiful terrace overlooking the vineyards, cherry trees, olive trees, and countryside. I had the seasonal risotto with asparagus and mushrooms and we split creme brulee.
Tomorrow it is off to our last stop, Marseille.
Today’s totals - still managed to get some decent walking in: 16,874 steps and 6.71 miles.
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