Before we left for France, I purchased a micro-sim card for my iPad so I could get online during the trip. Unfortunately the service has been spotty for the past week or so. I never know when I'll be able to get online and it seems to cut off at whim. I've contacted the service company for help and they said I used up all my time last Saturday, which is impossible. So they are investigating the issue and I hope that it's resolved soon, at least before we leave for Paris tomorrow. But I have no idea when this post will be uploaded. (Later note--Now the 3G is working fine, but I still can't post this note. Something is up with the blogging program that I'm using. I apologize for the delay in getting this post uploaded, but technology has been working against me.)
On Saturday, Allen & I drove north a little bit to explore the countryside. We found our way to a winery that is also has an outdoor art exhibit. We hiked around the winery (including going up a rather large hill) and viewed the art, all of it quite large. The scenery was beautiful, though the hike was quite a bit more than I was used to. The art and architecture was very interesting though.
Yesterday (Sunday), we visited the town of Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, a town surrounded by a moat which has several waterwheels around. It is about an hour north of us here in Aix. Sunday is their big market day. But their market includes antiques, as well as the usual foods and other items. It was a big market that covers most of the old town. We strolled among the booths that people had set up looking at the antiques that we couldn't afford even if we could take them home with us. I did find a copy of Le Petit Prince in French, a book I read in my high school French class. It's a marvelous little tale and I highly recommend it; even the English version.
Marilyn, Allen, & I then went off in search of a place called the Cathedral of Images. It's a video presentation evidently in an old limestone quarry and is near Les Baux, the hilltop village we visited earlier in the week. Unfortunately, the search turned into a wild goose chase. We had trouble finding it at first and when we did find it it turned out to be closed. So no Cathedrale d'Images for us on this trip.
We returned home to have another meal at the tapas restaurant we've come to think of as our home restaurant, which is called, by the way, au Gout du Monde. If you're ever in Aix, be sure to stop by and tell Franck & Helene that we said hi.
This is our last day in Aix. Tomorrow we're piling ourselves and our suitcases into our Fiat Duplo and driving to Paris. We have one night in Paris during which we plan to eat dinner and then we begin the process of hoping we get on a flight to Chicago. Wish us luck. Adieu.
Pictures below:
--Scenery from our drive on Saturday
--Art from the winery walk
--Waterwheel in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
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