Hi Everyone!
On Saturday we travelled to Aix-en-Provence for the day with CEA. Only a few of us went but we had a great time and beautiful weather! We met at 7:45 in the morning and it took two hours for our bus to arrive in Aix where we met our tour guide for the day. Like most towns in France, Aix is separated into an old and a new town and our tour started in the old town and finished in the new town. Our guide showed us where the famous post-impressionist Paul Cezanne attended school, showed us the cute cafes and shops, took us to the famous church in Aix and the main squares, showed us the famous Saturday markets, and the famous university located in Aix. Aix-en-Provence is a very large college town with more than 60,000 students. After Sorbonne in Paris, it is the second best university in all of France. Aix is known as the Paris of Provence and separating the new and the old town is a road similar to the Champs-Elysees with expensive restaurants, cafes, shops and boutiques. After our tour was over we had a few hours to ourselves and we got Panini’s for lunch and walked around, did some shopping and got ice cream before meeting back at the bus where we drove a quick five minutes to Paul Cezanne’s house.
We were very interested in seeing his house because in our art class we discussed Cezanne for many classes and Jen even did her project in that class on some of his paintings. Cezanne lived in the house for forty years with his parents and we were amazed at how pretty and big it was. Three families total had lived in the house, Cezanne’s family was second, before it was turned into a historical site in 2006. Once at his house we were given a tour of the house and the property and we also watched a slide show of some of his paintings. None of his paintings are left in France; even the plaster on the walls in the house on which he had painted had been removed. We sat in the largest room in the house and his paintings were projected on all of the walls around us. We then went to the backyard of his house and were given a paper with the paintings he had done at the house on them and the tour showed us where he had painted each painting and we could line it up and look exactly at what he had painted. It was very cool to see the exact trees and buildings that he had painted and to stand where he stood to paint them.
We then got back in the bus to head back to Antibes. It was perfect timing because as soon as our bus pulled away the sun went behind the clouds and it started pouring and thundering and lightning. It is amazing how fast the weather can change here! All in all it was a great day and along with the tennis tournament it was a great weekend! Twenty days until we come home so we are trying to see all of the last minute things that we can before we leave! We are more than excited to see all of you in person and tell you all about it! Hope everyone is doing well! Love and miss you tons! Talk to you soon!
Love,
Jen and Em
On Saturday we travelled to Aix-en-Provence for the day with CEA. Only a few of us went but we had a great time and beautiful weather! We met at 7:45 in the morning and it took two hours for our bus to arrive in Aix where we met our tour guide for the day. Like most towns in France, Aix is separated into an old and a new town and our tour started in the old town and finished in the new town. Our guide showed us where the famous post-impressionist Paul Cezanne attended school, showed us the cute cafes and shops, took us to the famous church in Aix and the main squares, showed us the famous Saturday markets, and the famous university located in Aix. Aix-en-Provence is a very large college town with more than 60,000 students. After Sorbonne in Paris, it is the second best university in all of France. Aix is known as the Paris of Provence and separating the new and the old town is a road similar to the Champs-Elysees with expensive restaurants, cafes, shops and boutiques. After our tour was over we had a few hours to ourselves and we got Panini’s for lunch and walked around, did some shopping and got ice cream before meeting back at the bus where we drove a quick five minutes to Paul Cezanne’s house.
We were very interested in seeing his house because in our art class we discussed Cezanne for many classes and Jen even did her project in that class on some of his paintings. Cezanne lived in the house for forty years with his parents and we were amazed at how pretty and big it was. Three families total had lived in the house, Cezanne’s family was second, before it was turned into a historical site in 2006. Once at his house we were given a tour of the house and the property and we also watched a slide show of some of his paintings. None of his paintings are left in France; even the plaster on the walls in the house on which he had painted had been removed. We sat in the largest room in the house and his paintings were projected on all of the walls around us. We then went to the backyard of his house and were given a paper with the paintings he had done at the house on them and the tour showed us where he had painted each painting and we could line it up and look exactly at what he had painted. It was very cool to see the exact trees and buildings that he had painted and to stand where he stood to paint them.
We then got back in the bus to head back to Antibes. It was perfect timing because as soon as our bus pulled away the sun went behind the clouds and it started pouring and thundering and lightning. It is amazing how fast the weather can change here! All in all it was a great day and along with the tennis tournament it was a great weekend! Twenty days until we come home so we are trying to see all of the last minute things that we can before we leave! We are more than excited to see all of you in person and tell you all about it! Hope everyone is doing well! Love and miss you tons! Talk to you soon!
Love,
Jen and Em
**1-2: The clothes and food markets in the old town. 3: The main road of the town that splits off of the giant fountain in the centure of the giant round-about. It is compared to the Champs-Elysees. 4: Instead of mimosa (the bright yellow flowers) that were everywhere in France, we now have these pretty purple flowers! 5-6: Jen in front of the main fountain and round-about. 7: Em in front of Cezannes house. 8: Cezanne's famous pond that he painted a lot in his backyard.
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