During the February week off, some Erasmus friends and I went on a day trip to Martigues. We took the 39 bus from the main bus station in Aix to the end of the line where it finished in Martigues – using the same resident card as the bus to Marseille for a 4 euro …
Tag Archives: Provence
Monaco
I walked into a lecture and realised after 5 minutes that it was on every other week, beginning next week rather than this one. Rather than getting up with great embarrassment and leaving, I used the two hours to write another – if rather belated – blog post. Before Christmas, my dance partner Denis and …
La Route des Crêtes and Cassis
A Sunday afternoon at the end of October, Grace and I had the opportunity to join Dénis and a couple of his friends visiting on a trip to Cassis. To show off the stunning scenery of Provence to us non-locals, he took us on a drive from La Ciotat to Cassis along the Route des …
Vers Pont du Gard
Vers Vers Pont du Gard Please excuse my terrible French pun as I regale you with the story of our journey towards Vers Pont du Gard. In short, this was a stop at Tain-l’Hermitage. Why? For the wine cave, of course. We had an early start that morning, leaving Meursault in time to ensure that …
An Aixpat-en-Provence 