Blogs from Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 5

Nous voici dans la seconde étape du projet, qui aurait pensé en avril 2009 lorsque nous avons commencé avec les enfants de Khamagatta que cette fresque ferait des émules! Avec l'aide précieuse de Caline Reynier de l'association "Datcha Kalyna", nous avons pu dans un premier temps exposer 42 de mes nombreuses photos à l'office du tourisme d'Aix-en-Provence puis ensuite la fresque à la salle des mariages de la Mairie. Des élèves d'écoles sont venus, ont posé de nombreuses questions, et des jeunes enfants d'un centre de loisirs continuent ce travail; Les photos partent tout le mois de décembre à Sorgues, malheureusement la fresque ne suivra pas, faute de temps pour organiser son exposition, mais nous aurons sans doute le privilège de l'exposer à Saint-Jean-de-MaurienNe avec l'aide de Sylvaine Rémy de l'association "Constellation" avec laquelle les élèves ... read more

I had to leave Anils place fairly early as he had work but it worked out pretty well since I have some stuff to do before my 1pm train ride out of here. I did a little research into the Swiss part of my trip and checked out some trains and hostels and what not. I also bought another larger USB disk drive so I can safely store all my pics. So I am just going to chill in this internet cafe uploading pics until it is time to depart. I do not know if I mentioned this before but I originally was supposed to go to Aix-en-Provence and couchsurf with a woman there but a few hours before my train there I got a message from her saying she could not host me due to ... read more

When I first walked down the main boulevard of Aix-en-Provence I thought to myself 'Ah, so HERE's France'. Sadly, apart from that one street, Aix wasn't as pretty or quintissentially french as I'd been led to believe. Also, because tourist season was over, a lot of the things worth visiting were closed. I did get to see the artist Cezanne's studio though! I'm not totally mad about his art but it was quite amazing to look down at a table and statue which are depicted in so many of his still lifes. What really struck me though was the paint smeared jacket and worn hat on a hook in the corner of the room. They looked like they'd only just been taken off. I got a real sense of this being a space which was thoroughly ... read more

Saturday 31st October Aix - en - Provence and the food Gretchen reckoned there was some of that sort of music that kept her awake in the night but I didn’t hear it.We have had some very quiet locations of recent times and well behaved neighbours in next door rooms,if there has been one,so a night with boom boom music is out of the ordinary for us. It looks as though we will be greeted with fog each morning while we are in Trets as it is that sort of weather pattern with still air,warm days but cool nights.Never mind we are sure it will lift by the time we want to venture out on our sightseeing trip today. After breakfast we went down to reception to use the laptop on the internet and make some ... read more

Here some photos of Provence for those who are interested ..... read more