We finally had a weekend without any big travel plans. So we skipped out on Friday and went to the beach in Marseille. The weather here has decided to skip spring temperatures and head straight for the upper-70s and 80 degree days. It's absolutely beautiful and I don't think I have seen a cloud in the sky for about a week. The beach in Marseille was really nice and we even got to play a little volleyball.
Saturday we actually attended the program trip. It's already paid for in our tuition for the semester, and this was the only program organized trip that we made it on (due to our other travel plans). We went to see a bunch of "perched" villages that are perched on hills. They're really beautiful and the towns look as if they are almost growing out of the rock. We saw Rousillon which is known for it's Ochre Footpath where the rock is orange and a gorge has been carved. We then saw Gordes, Brouillon, and the Abbeye de Senaque. The Abbeye is famous for the lavendar fields that are outside, but unfortunately it's not blooming this early in the season.
Today we went to the calanques in Cassis. The beach was rocky and incredibly beautiful. The waves were pretty rough where we were so we couldn't really swim. Oddly enough, rough waves and big rocks are a bad combination for swimming. It was still really beautiful. As warm as the days get, the water in the Mediterranean is still pretty cold. We went into the town of Cassis to get some ice cream and wander around for a little before heading back to Aix. Cassis is definitely a town I would love to spend some more time in- perhaps next weekend!
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