Tag: Cassis
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One Last Lunch in Cassis
Before leaving France (but after leaving Le Petit Village), we had some stops to make; first for a couple of nights in Toulon, followed by two more in Paris. Then my mother had a stroke of genius, “how about we stop in Cassis on the way to Toulon.” Of course we could squeeze in one…
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Top 10: My Favorite French Cities
[This list is made up of my favorite cities in France, it’s purely based on my opinion of places I’ve been to. That means that places I haven’t been to like Bordeaux, Brittany, and Toulouse, aren’t in the running. These cities are the first places that pop in my mind to show off when I have friends visiting…
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Cassis, I ain't mad at ya
{waiting for the runners} (continuing on from this post…) The mistral howled all through the night. Now, I’m well used to a howling mistral. My old house in the original LPV and the mistral used to go toe to toe quite a bit, but this Marseille mistral sounded particularly angry (we saw on the news…
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staycation {part.4}
Oh Cassis, I love you so. You’re quaint, charming, and just the right size. Plus you don’t attract all of that St.Tropez riff raff. The next stop on Staycation 2012 was Cassis. It was possibly also everyone’s next stop because boy oh boy was it crowded, but that’s OK, Cassis is worth the hassle. We were…
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Provence Lampoons Family Vacation: Part 5
“He who has seen Paris and who hasn’t seen Cassis can say I have seen nothing” -Frederic Mistral {photo credit} Sitting outside our hotel in Cassis, sipping an apéritif and admiring the view, The Husband posed a question… If I won the euromillions, would I choose Cassis or Châteauneuf-du-Pape? That’s a tough question because you all know…