Snapshots: Aix-en-Provence, encore
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| Place des 4 Dauphins. Our hotel is less than 2 blocks from here. |
Yesterday we rode along with some other guests at the B&B on a day trip to Cassis. The weather was so-so, and we arrived too late in the afternoon for a boat ride to the Calanques. Had a lovely lunch of mostly gigantic and delicious shrimps and langostines, which I neglected to take a picture of (sorry, Faux Fuchsia!).
Today was one of the big market days, so we spent a few hours wandering about under skies that initially threatened but did not deliver rain. Every now and then the sun made an appearance.
And to make it up to Faux Fuchsia for forgetting to take more food pictures…
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Fabulous! And you’re standing in front of the fountain I love, and of which I have a prized watercolour that I bought from an artist nearby. . . What a colourful few days you’ve shared!
Wonderful! First, YOU LOOK GREAT! Secondly, I adore your market photos–you have a good eye for capturing the feel of the place. Please press your nose against a pȃtisserie window for me . . .
The food, the flower- fabulous! And it’s hailing here the size of petit pois!
You are gorgeous next to the fountain. I love the colors and the flair of the market. Heavenly!
Great photos, and I agree with the previous posters–you look so pretty in the fountain pic! The dress is perfect on you.
So jealous! That bread? To die.
Ohmigod, I’m drooling. That pottery. The peonies. The bread. Oh, and that dress, Deja Pseu, that dress and you look gorgeous!
Love the wonderful photos. Your outfit looks terrific on you.
The colours are lush and rich and I think your IPhone is doing a fabulous job on Market Day.
I love those peonies…
You do look lovely and stylish standing by the fountain.
I must say too that short hair cut suits you.
Love, love your outfit 🙂 and I’m surprised at the quality of the photos. Were they all taken with your mobile?
You look gorgeous in the top picture…love your outfit and, of course, the setting!! I would love to have such a market to shop in every week…now I see why Tish is always going to market and getting her flowers!! I also really like the scarf on top of the denim shirt!
I’m agog over the produce available. It’s so fresh, so colorful and I see why Julia Child missed the open air markets of France long after her return to Cambridge, MA. The radishes remind me of her comments of same in her autobio, “My Life in France”. She thought a fresh from the garden, salted & buttered radish a divine thing. Huh? I had to look it up and I did, indeed try them at the table one night. Unfortunately, mine were not fresh picked.
“On a warm night, Alice, Bruno, and I raced through a bottle of the good
house Chablis and the plate of sausages and radishes that came with a
little pot of butter as soon as we’d ordered. Though everyone and his
great-aunt is staking a claim to Julia Child these days, I couldn’t
resist telling them about how she’d taught me to butter my radishes on
my first visit to Chez Georges. Invited to dinner by the late Gregory
Usher, an American who founded the cooking school at the Hôtel Ritz and
a close friend of Julia’s, I arrived uncharacteristically early and
found Child already seated and alone. I introduced myself and watched
in fascination as she buttered a radish and chomped away. Then, after a
swig of Sancerre, she said, “The radish is one of nature’s most
underrated creations.” I smiled, and she added, “It’s a good thing
no one overheard me. When you’re my age, a remark like that could land
you in an old folk’s home. Still, a nicely buttered radish is just the
thing to remind any cook to stay humble and simple in the kitchen. Most
foods don’t really need any improving.”
excerpt HUNGRY FOR PARIS by Alexander Lobrano
Your dress is fabulous on you. What wonderful photos of Aix. The bread, the dishes, the sausages and produce! All appealing. Thank you for taking us along with you!
Lovely outfit – dress gorgeus and you look fab. And the market is amazing – feel we are in there amongst the tomatoes etc. with you! Thank you… ! X
Oh, the breads and the radishes! You make me want to go. And you just look so beautiful in the dress.
I am loving the pics of your trip!!! You look wonderful!! Thank you for posting…by the way I am a total pottery freak and went nuts when I saw the pottery at the market!!
You and the market both look amazing! What a wonderrful trip.
Why is it that everything looks so much better in the open air markets? Hope you are having so much fun!!!! See you on Tuesday for BIO.
Enjoying the posts on Aix (is it possible to take a bad photo in that place?) and glad you are having a good time exploring what the area has to offer!
We bought my mom some chocolate orange cinnamon soap when we were in Paris last year and she thought it was a candy bar, it smelled so good! I guess that high school French didn’t last as long as one would hope, but one tiny nibble was enough to make her realize that it was soap and not chocolate.
Oh, oh, oh! I can feel and smell and taste so much from your photos! The variety of subjects is a delight. And you look wonderful, as well. Thank you.
J’adore les pivoines!
Gorgeous photos…I hope you continue to enjoy your trip.
You look so beautiful in that dress Pseu.
Le sigh, if only our tomatoes looked that luscious. And I can’t wait for peonies!
What beautiful flowers! Have a wonderful time with Tish!
Jenniferxox