Some other nearby places: Trets and Aix

La Rotunde in Aix

Aix-en-Provence and Trets (week 4)

On the weekend, nearby Trets (population 10,000) had its medieval fair.  On Sunday it corresponded to market day, so the usual fruits and cheeses were supplemented by demonstrations of dancing and period costumes.  Costumes were available for sale, but were quite pricey, so we settled on a toy crossbow for the boys (which they've been asking for ever since they saw one in Chambord).

On Monday we went into Aix, which is the region's trendy tourist city (population 140,000).  We took a stroll along the Cours Mirabeau, and did more mundane things like go to the SFR store for a mobile phone for Craig and a top-up card for Yolanda.  We also visited such venerable Provence institutions as Monoprix (an all-purpose department store) to get some needed house supplies.

David demonstrates the buoyancy of the Med

Tuesday was beach day.  See the Beach Blog #3 for details.  We didn't plan to go to the beach we went to - we were looking for another nearby beach, but the GPS in the car didn't recognize its name (Ste. Croix), so we kind of wandered around until we found a beach, which turned out to be another one (La Couronne-Plage).  Not to fear, though, it was very good.