I had the privilege of accomplishing List Item #7 with my parents. They arrived on the 27th of April, and were here until May 4th. It was exciting to show them around my little corner of France, and just lovely to see them in general.
We spent a couple of days in Aix-en-Provence, and since everything was closed on Tuesday for French Labor Day, we decided to hike around Mount Saint Victoire. It is a beautiful mountain that was the obsession of Cezanne, a famous French artist who started the shift from impressionism to cubism (learned about him in my French Riviera Artist's class...see, I did go to school!)
It was a nice, leisurely hike, but a hike nonetheless. It also included a little adventure, as Dad was feeling a bit sneaky. We were hoping to visit the building Cezanne lived in when painting the Mt. St. Victoire scenery. Unfortunately, since it was a holiday, and the area where the hut was had a fence around it, we initially did not think we can get in. There was a large section of the fence knocked over, however, and no signs saying not to go through it, so Dad decided we should explore. In doing so we found Cezanne's hut and some gorgeous red rock.
Definitely a highlight of their visit. :)
We spent a couple of days in Aix-en-Provence, and since everything was closed on Tuesday for French Labor Day, we decided to hike around Mount Saint Victoire. It is a beautiful mountain that was the obsession of Cezanne, a famous French artist who started the shift from impressionism to cubism (learned about him in my French Riviera Artist's class...see, I did go to school!)
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