The Rest

I'm not going to lie. As much fun as I had on vacation with my family, and as much as I love all the pictures (12,600!) and all the memories we've taken from it, I'm ready to move on. I'm doing other things now and have other stories to tell, but I feel like I can't because I'm a bit OCD about order and I can't post about now before I've posted about then. So, once again, I'm going to let pictures mostly speak for themselves and leave it at that.

Cassis: Cap Canaille. We also met up with my friend Camilla and did a boat tour of the calanques (inlets).

Marseille: Chateau d'If (think Count of Monte Cristo). I also took them around to places I go often, like school and my favorite cafes.

Aix-en-Provence: Great shopping and beautiful boulevards and fountains.

Arles: Ancient Roman ruins, like this colosseum.

Les Baux: Medieval walled village on a hill, complete with castle. Here we're watching a trebuchet demonstration.

Bandol: On this day we drove along the coast discovering towns like Le Castellet (another old walled town) and Bandol, a coastal resort area.

Bouillabaise: Special fish soup of Marseille and the surrounding area. We got ours in Cassis.

Pont du Gard: Ancient Roman aqueduct.

Roussillon: Cliffs of ochre.

Gordes: Perfect Provencial town. Featured in movies like A Good Year.

Carmargue: A marsh area where much of the rice and salt of France comes from. There is also a ton of interesting wildlife like pink flamingos, white horses, and black bulls.

So, that was our vacation in a really teeny nutshell. It was fantastic to spend so much time with my family and also to discover that all of these awesome places are so close to me right now.