6/17 CASSIS is only about a 45 min. drive from Aix. So far, it is one of my favorite places along with Marseille. Could it be that both are on the Mediterranean? The water is stunningly beautiful. I guess they don't call it the Cote d'Azur for nothing! We took another boat ride. This time through the calanques which look like fjords. The water is surrounded by very tall, white limestone cliffs. We did not jump in the water, and we kept our clothes on the whole time. "Lunch" was another four course meal at an outdoor restaurant near the water. We had: Kir, tepenade, soup du poissons, grilled (very recently caught) sea bass with crab and mussels, pear tart and cafe....and, of course, much wine. Photo is one of our servers cutting the fish for lunch. It was more than delicious!
6/18 NICE......OK, so one more stop on the French Riviera. We went by bus to Nice with all of the alumni people as well as Ginny's fifteen French students. It was quite a crowd. We stopped at a museum in the perched town of St. Paul de Vence along the way. In Nice, we girls decided to forgo the shopping and sight-seeing and instead had another fabulous lunch at an outdoor cafe (with much wine of course). We rented cabana chairs at the beach. As you can see, the garcon kept us well watered with tall, frosty beers. Maite was kind enough to bring along a swimsuit for me. We settled right in for an afternoon of sunning ourselves. We felt like we really belonged there until we looked around and noticed that most of the women were topless. The water was freezing cold, but we jumped right in. It was grand!
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