No time to waste, don't let the door hit you Pops, good luck with the boys Bob, I'm off to the Cote d'Azur with Elodie. I returned to Cassis for one night tagging along Elodie's work conference for tourism purposes. Cassis is where I went with Teva and Andy on the one day a year that it rains there. This time there was one day of sunshine. The second day it rained again, I'm not sure that I believe the locals anymore about how it never rains there. I was able to hike the Calanques, a natural park along the ocean just behind the University of Marseilles. In typical fashion, I pushed my limits and could well have met my demise. When will I ever learn?
I managed to score a free dinner with Elodie's conference folks, the bad news was that it was at the same crappy restaurant Teva, Andy and I went to the first night we were there. But the company was good and very interesting, and again, it was gratuit.
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Elodie rented a car to make the 3+ hour trip south. To her delight she
scored a Fiat 500. Great for tooling around town, not so much
for the autoroute. |
After much traffic and a long drive we arrived. Elodie went to the conference. I went to explore.
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| A very vague map warning not to get lost..... |
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At this point I think that I'm heading to the beach
for a nice day of relaxing |
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My route was altered by a Canadian family
that I wanted to part ways with so I took
the high road thinking I would find the next
beach. |
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| Spectacular |
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At this point it becomes obvious that I am going up
and not down to the sea. The only swim option was sketchy at best
and me being solo, I chose up.
Can you see the handles to climb with... |
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| and up |
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This is what one calls class 5 climbing
i.e. hands and feet required
not a big deal if you're roped in.. |
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Well, here's the best picture of the view I got
before my phone died. At least I didn't
Some people never learn.
I never did get to the water. |
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Lendemain, petit dej avec Elo
This is at our hotel.
Behind us is the marina |
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This is what you call
douzieme petit dej
I had to go back to bed after Elodie
went to her conference |
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| Cassis Chat |
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Doit de Pieds
Finally made it to the water. |
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| Sick of me yet? |
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| The marina |
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| Chat dans la rue |
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| Chien coin chat |
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And back home
Mandatory Castille foto |
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I had a sortie with my "french" class
We visited a llama farm |
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| The Ladeez |
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| The llamas |
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Insert llama sound here
not sure what that is |
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| The farm was impeccable |
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| It was $^%*$ freezing!! |
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Lunch spot
(not warm) |
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| Our hostess |
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| The wool |
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| The farm used to be a mill |
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Nature walk that included Arabic
singing and dancing |
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Back home
Elliot is waiting to sniff my llama legs |
And what was Bob doing? Buying wine with Aimé at his cousin's cave...
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| Aimé dans le cave |
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| Hilary dans le cave |
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