Even though breakfast was great, we sort of regretted eating so much when we chanced upon the most fabulous food markets - there seems to be markets every day here - it must have been the serious foodies part of town as the square was surrounded by cool food shops with every weird condiment, mustard or gadget you could dream of.
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| A small selection of the cheeses |
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| spices |
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| A salt a spice combo - not sure the contents!!! |
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| A section where they have revealed early drawings It is now Wednesday and I am just trying to remember what we did for the rest of Sunday. We did have a booking to see Paul Cezannes studio which was a 40 min walk out of town. In his day, this was considered the country but a combination of an expanded Aix and better roads meant it was actually not far at all. Studio has been preserved pretty much intact thanks to various benefactors over the years. It was designed by Cezanne with huge windows facing north for the light, a narrow but very high slot for passing out his huge canvasses and still has many of the items such as jars from his original still drawings. More wandering around town before dinner - I had squid ink tagliatelle fruit de mer - totally different to Aus, all fresh shellfish and other seafoods. Barbie had Pizza trois fromage , also really good. Plus the regulation Kir and a shared 500ml Rose.. We had a train booked for Monaco for Monday but since I quite enjoy driving in France, decided to try cancelling train and hiring car instead. All done at 10pm, it worked a breeze.
Barbie at Aquus Sextius - the roman baths in Aix (sextius being a roman general)
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