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Took a drive down to Aix from Marseille one lazy Monday along with Nico. It was a short 30 mins from Marseille, and being on the autoroute was lovely and comfortable.. as we enjoyed the scenery of mountains and mills. Can't believe what nature has done to a city chic like me.. I'm still amazed by the same mountains after living in the South of France for more than a month.Upon arrival at Aix, we were greeted by fountains surrounding the shopping complex, and the famous La Rotonde fountain. No...

We picked up a hire car in Nice and whizzed down the motorway to Avignon via Aix. We stopped off for lunch in Aix and had a walk around the town centre. It was fairly easy to find a nice underground car park almost right in the centre, and we were soon strolling through the pretty streets between stone buildings. We found a lovely shady square with a number of restaurants and settled in for a relaxing lunch. The food was pretty tasty. After lunch we had a little stroll around the town. We f...

As I mentioned in my previous blogs, I was invited to a hotel wedding on my last night in Aix-en-Provence. I was sitting at the bar having a nice conversation with these 2 girls from Sweden when all of a sudden in walks Phillip...."Hey, you're an American aren't you" in a very drunken manner and French/English voice. He could barely stand..."Yes I am"I explained to him that I was and I was leaving tomorrow to head home for America. He insisted I must spend my last night in France drinking goo...

November into December of 2007, I took a 3 week trip to Europe for work, but I had lots of time to see the sights for the holiday season and the weather was incredible. I visited Spain, several cities in France, Belgium, London, North Wales, and Portugal. What a wonderful time of the year to visit, as it was wonderful to see how the Christmas holiday was celebrated in Europe. What a great trip!!

whilst on exchange in France

After a rushed last day in UK we found ourself heading over Tower Bridge with the rain! How appropriate way to be sent off!!! First night made it as far as brugge. Then long push down to Troyes, followed up with a days ride to Dijon. Stayed in a little villiage called Crest that put on a Jazz festival for us. Hospitality plus! Now, in the south about to head to Nice. Hope to make it for some more wine and cheese, will try to add more to blog later. Bike doing very well carring load. M...

Bastille Day - First stop of Mediterranean cruise. Highlights: 1. Running of bulls in St. Remy & Maussane 2. Glanum ruins 3. Van Gogh's sanitarium 4. Les Baux castle 5. Prep for Tour de France 6. Aix shopping 7. Marseille, Notre Dame de la Garde view

This beautiful town was a town i was living in for a few months. I was going to study here from january until the summer holidays so i went to Aix the august before with my sister to get to know the city a bit. After this first meeting with Aix, i went home again and in january i leaved the Netherlands to stay there for 7 months. Because of the real french mentality i went home a few months earlier then planned. After 3 weeks of classes, the students decided to strike against a new ...

Upon arriving to this city, I realised two things: It is a beautiful city filled with fountains... and with dog crap! Once I was there we visited the Catedral which is probably the landmark in there. Some of my friends wanted to go shopping, which I thought wasn't the best idea, but I went with them anyway. Most of the time we spent it walking through the small streets and dodging dog crap on the floor. While I was walking I started taking pictures of all the fountains I found which could be ...

Early this morning we received a call from Annette letting us know that we are an Aunty and Uncle again. Ella Brooklyn Peterson was born today at 10:00am. Weight – 3.7 kgLength – 51 cmHead – 37.5 cm We just had some photos sent through from Matt showing the new Peterson family member!

Only picked up the car at 5pm. We still had to go to Marseille to pick up the rest of our luggage. Only left Marseille late so camped along the way at Aix-en-Provence.

I went with my orchestra to France for a week. We played several concerts in Provence and the Alps. We also got to see the beautiful countryside and Roman ruins which are integrated into the modern towns.

Welcome to my travel blog for my summer trip to Europe! I will be posting updates regularly, so be sure to check in often and see what I'm up to! Have a great summer!

We embarked on a crazy tour of Europe in march 2007, we landed in Madrid (after a stop in Amsterdam) and rented a car for ten days in which we visited around 20 towns and cities in 3 countries. Here you will know about it and see some pictures, but for the whole album, check europa07.com