Several days of rain and various illnesses slowed us this week, so no travelling at all on the weekend. We eventually decided on the Natural History Museum in Aix as our destination on Wednesday, since it was still raining and we wanted something close and indoors. On our way we ducked into the Monoprix on the Cours Mirabeau to escape the rain, which was picking up again after we started walking from the carpark (is it just me or are the raindrops bigger in Provence?). We discovered that they were having a clearance of their fall/winter stock, so picked up a jacket and shoes for Andrew, each at 50% off, and a replacement backpack for David for 70% off. The latter became necessary because his $15 Walmart backpack finally got destroyed after 1.5 years of service. We'll see how his €9 Monoprix backpack compares!
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| Just above Andrew's head the sign says, "Le musée est fermé" |
The good news is that the rain had pretty much stopped by the time we left the Monoprix. The bad news is that the museum was closed for renovation (despite the fact that a Google search before we left did not turn up this particular tidbit of information).
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