{"id":11238,"date":"2016-08-05T18:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T22:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=11238"},"modified":"2016-09-08T06:31:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T10:31:44","slug":"aix-en-provence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=11238","title":{"rendered":"Aix-en-Provence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday &#8211; August 5, 2016<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite places in the world is Aix-en-Provence and it&#8217;s always great fun to visit! \u00a0Tony parked the car and we walked toward the historic district\u00a0of the city. \u00a0We stopped to see an amazing library that Em found on the internet: the Biblioteque Mejanes. \u00a0There are three colossal books in front of the entrance to the municipal library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7799.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11240\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7799.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7799\" width=\"261\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It must have been very difficult to chose<strong><em> only<\/em><\/strong> three volumes from all of French literature. \u00a0I&#8217;m sure there was much discussion and philosophical theories about how and why these were chosen: Saint-Exupery&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Little Prince<\/em>, Moliere&#8217;s <em>Imaginary Invalid<\/em>, and Camus&#8217; <em>The Stranger<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7793.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11241\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7793.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7793\" width=\"276\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The building had been an old match-making factory which was repurposed into a library. There were many separate rooms inside which were connected by a central hall:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7808.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11242\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7808.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7808\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nearby was an opera house and\u00a0a modern shopping mall and several new apartment buildings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7823.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11243\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7823.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7823\" width=\"400\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fountain is in the middle of the traffic circle leading into Aix:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7825.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11244\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7825.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7825\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cours Mirabeau is the main boulevard:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7830.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11245\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7830.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7830\" width=\"400\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had fun shopping, walking, and browsing in Aix-en-Provence:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7835.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11246\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7835.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7835\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7846.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11247\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7846.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7846\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7856.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11248\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7856.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7856\" width=\"275\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9592.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11249\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9592.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9592\" width=\"344\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nicole, Tony, Em and I were joined by our other cousins, Fabienne and Cloe. \u00a0We had a fabulous outdoor dinner of <em>les savers de la gastronomique marocaine traditionnelle <\/em>at Le Riad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7871.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11250\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7871.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7871\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7878.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11251\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7878.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7878\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7882.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11252\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_7882.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7882\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday &#8211; August 5, 2016 One of my favorite places in the world is Aix-en-Provence and it&#8217;s always great fun to visit! 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