Cruising the Calanques

Cassis (week 15)

the camera also got soaked, but it was worth it!

Our next day trip with Nana was to Cassis, which is a very cute seaside town with a tiny marina dedicated mostly to tour boats taking people to the Calanques (fjords) that run along the coast east of Marseille.  We arrived around lunch time, so naturally everything was shut down for two hours, so we had a leisurely lunch at one of the brasseries and headed out on the 8-Calanque tour at 2:30 pm.  Because we started on the water a little later in the day, the wind was coming up (one of the captains called it a Mistral, but I'm not sure if it was strong enough or cold enough to be a real one).  Although windy, the weather at the dock was 25C, so it wasn't too bad on the water.  There were some soakings for those of us who braved the open front-end seating of the boat, however.

We also spent some time on the beach, as documented in the Beach Blog!  On the way back we splurged at Autrefois - we especially like their candy and chocolate-covered almonds (the grey ones that look like stones are the favourite of Andrew, Craig, and Yolanda; David likes the "olives" best).