Downtown Aix – one last time

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We went back down to the Saturday markets this morning. We got there a little later than last Saturday and it was already very crowded. We wanted to check out the Museum of Granet but never could find it, even with GPS. Later we realized that we were asking for directions by car when we meant to be asking for directions for walking – those are 2 totally different things, especially in a place like this filled with pedestrian alleys and 1-way streets.

We’re leaving in the morning. I may do another post if we manage to see anything in Munich tomorrow. And I may do another one with some photos of the house we stayed in if anybody is interested. Otherwise I’m just about ready to wrap things up.

By the way, our guide says the local literature is wrong. There aren’t really 1,000 fountains in Aix, but actually only 111. What a disappointment.

Sometimes we over-shop at the markets.
We went by many patisseries today. And going by a patisserie is very difficult because they always smell absolutely divine. This one had a huge selection of French cookies.
Macaroons. Yum! And those cakes look pretty good too.
A wedding cake made out of macaroons.
These pastries look amazing.
And these are small cakes, just in time for Easter weekend.
Amazing meringues. These guys are 6-8 inches long. They’re HUGE!
The guy pushed on the top of this post and water came out below for his dog. When he saw me about to take a picture, he got very agitated and waved me away. He didn’t realize I had already taken this one. This place doesn’t really look like a dog watering station – maybe that was the problem?
Like everywhere else, public toilets are few and far between here. This is one of those that takes extra time to automatically clean between users, making the line even longer.
This looks like a drawing of a fox (or maybe a rat with a wide tail?). Why would this be on the side of a step up into a shop?
  • We ate lunch in a very crowded square that had 5 single-lane streets coming into it. But 3 of the streets were basically pedestrian-only except for trash trucks like this one that came through constantally (plus a few special cars). They had transponder4s that remotely lower that post in the middle of the street and let them squeeze through.
Also while we were eating lunch, a group of demonstrators came through protesting the killing of animals. These people were very organized and carried very disturbingly-graphic professional signs.
The woman with the microphone read from a sheet held by the man with the “blood” on his arms. Several of the group’s members stood around the patio tables and glared at people who were eating their lunch. It was very uncomfortable and very effective. Yesterday we saw a small group of yellow jackets at a rural roundabout on the way home from our tour but we passed by them so quickly that we couldn’t tell what they were doing,
We were walking through a very nice, clean residential neighborhood and we saw this fry pan and package of 4 puddings leaning against a tree. Hmmmm…….
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  1. Would love to see the house you have stayed in! What a beautiful part of the world you have been able to see, thank you for taking us along!

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