Au revoir Aix en Provence!

I began the day lugging a large bag of my France purchases to the Post Office where I packaged them off and happily lightened my load for the remainder of my trip. YAY! Practice pack tonight with time for another trip to the post office tomorrow if necessary... hee hee!

Then I headed into Aix for probably my last visit where I took a bunch of photos of various places I have frequented during my time here. My first stop was a little cafe with free wifi where I chatted happily to my sister-in-law (belle soeur) and another friend on skype. When the waiter came over for me to pay my bill (1 euro 50 for the coffee) I thought he might ask me to leave - they were setting the tables for lunch... However, he made my day by merely saying “vous etes tres joli!” which translates as “You are very pretty”... we was about 60 years old - I am certainly making an impact on the older chaps over here!!

I met the few remaining school friends for lunch - I revisited le cote sud, which again failed to disappoint - yummo! twelve euros for escalopes of pork and delicious little roast potato chips (wiht herbs), a glass of wine and garpaccio de ananas - basically thin slices of pineapple - delish!! and of course the obligatory bread - oh how I will miss the bread!!

It was also great to chatter away in french with my little school pals - there has been a bit too much english in recent weeks, but I managed ok. I am really keen to get back into it when I get home to Aus.