Blogs from Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 3

After a busy day yesterday with the trip to Monaco, today we needed a recharge. And we wanted to do somthing that was fun for the kids. So we decided to head to the beach. There are lots of world class beaches in Nice, Antibes, St. Tropez and other places along the Cote d'Azur, but we were looking for something a little closer to our base in Aix-En-Provence and we wanted to avoid the crowds. Charlotte discovered just what we were looking for in a great little travel blog. We headed to a local beach, St. Croix. It took us about 45 minutes to get there; just west of Marseille on the west side of a town called Sauset Les Pins. Access was very easy, parking was cheap (3.20 euro) and we it was not crowded ... read more

Genevieve: France has so many cute dogs! I took some pictures of them.... read more

Well, already the weeks have whizzed by and I am about to start the last leg of the trip (apart from the flight to Melbourne and the Gull Bus home). We spent an inordinately beautiul week on Corsica with its strong separatist, independence movement. Like in some parts of Scotland and Wales, there are people who burn down (or in Corsica's case, blow up!) the houses bought by overseas people as holiday homes. The weather was beautiful, and we started the Mare a Mare Sud walking track from Porto Vecchio on the east coast with an 18 kilometre uphill walk. It was a lot harder than expected and our backpacks were probably heavier than they needed to be. Better organised people were having their luggage transported from one gite (lodging) to the next and only carrying ... read more

May 2, 2012 We over slept a bit and Jerry woke up with a bad cold/allergies. What ever had started the day before had move to his chest. We packed and had breakfast (even though it was past serving time, they still served us our coffee and croissants). We then headed for out next stop Aix-en-Provence (pronounced X). Since it was only a short drive we took the back roads and through Avignon, the capital of Cotes du Rhone. Prior to getting to Avignon, we passed several partial castles, forts and other interesting sites, and of course vineyards. Avignon The old section of Avignon is completely behind the orginal walls of the City. Once you get in the walls the street become very narrow and hard to navigate even in a small car. We took one ... read more

Second time attempting to write this blog lol first time everything just disapeared hmph ::shrugs::. First I want to say sorry for any grammar issues and that sadly no pictures this time. Going to switch things up and video blog to make up with it. Can I say lol I now dislike label makers. Because of you I have no idea where this cord is.... read more