My entries may start becoming a bit briefer as time winds down, but hopefully, I will be able post something about all of the big stuff before heading home. Here are some photos from a hike Mme Scott took us on around Mt. Saint Victoire (the mountain Cézanne painted 80+ times, I believe) the Sunday after we got back from vacances. Sign pointing toward Aix
Setting out. Destiny loves holding people's hands. Also pictured, Patrick and Kate Gilbert
Mt. Saint Victoire! we hiked for about an hour and a half before stopping here to picnic
view of the barrage Zola, built by Emile Zola's father. We had just talked about this in my Art History class a few days before
Another shot of the Barrage Zola
One of several huts we came across
Ugly picture of delicious-smelling herbes de Provence growing along the trail. Gay picked some and carried them home in her pocket
The weather was so perfect this day. We've had a wave of really nice weather recently, not tempered by the Mistral
Pretty countryside on the way back.It's possible to hike all the way up to the top of St. Victoire, and I hope to do that sometime in the next week or so. We didn't have time to do it on the day we were hiking, and the trail is apparently hard to find, but Robert said he'd do it with me. It looks like it may rain from now until we leave, so hopefully we can find a partially sunny day to go. I have neglected so many Aix things until and am trying to fit them all in since I'll be home in less than two weeks. eek. Mixed feelings about that, as one would expect
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