Three Days in Aix-en-Provence

In Provence it's all in the attitude and the food. Oh, and the smells...chocolate, bakery, street vendors making crepes, fresh produce and herbs and on and on. Did I mention the lavender? Provence: if you visit once, you will return.

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Travel & Events

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• provence
• france
• french food
• aix
• avignon
• lavender

[Purl82]

@kroooassant that's good to know. Now I'm thinking of looking into language schools in Montpellier instead of Paris. In terms of the train, it depends. If I decided to go to a school in Montpellier, I would probably take the plane from the Paris airport so I could get there quickly. If I decided to visit at any other time, I would take the train. Yes, sounds like I'm going to need to be selective with my plans here!

[kroooassant]

@Purl82 and do you think you would prefer to take the plane or the train? It's barely the same price but the high velocity train (TGV) offers a very good picture of the country through its windows (i think it's like 3 hours paris-montpellier while the plane is 45 min).

[kroooassant]

@Purl82 no Paris is not that bad, It's a big city so people are less extraverted than in the south that's all. FYI Paris during the summer is less crowded than during other seasons that's a good point, there's only tourists. During the summer in France go to the South is the place to be, there's the beach, a lot of party and festivals and a lot of places to visit. Prepare well your trip plan you are going to need it :)

[Purl82]

@kroooassant Thanks so much! Well I was planning on taking a course in either Paris or Montpellier for a month, then visiting other regions from there. If I chose Paris, I would head south immediately after. is paris really all that bad?

[kroooassant]

@Purl82 i am sorry if i am vague but i have to say if visiting and learning french is two very different thing so i don't really know how to answer properly hahaha.

[kroooassant]

@Purl82 Montpellier is a very active city, close to the sea (the coast there is not beautiful aside from few protected aeras though). Toulouse is also a very active city, very young, the franch city of jazz too but very populated.

[kroooassant]

@Purl82 here's your trip in the south of france: Start at Montpellier where you land from Paris, go to the beach and enjoy the city for a day then go visit, Nîmes, Arles, Aix en Provence, and the last destination would be at Cassis / La Ciotat (Les calanques there are marvellous).

[Purl82]

@kroooassant that's interesting to here . . . what are the nicest places in the south to visit/learn French?

[kroooassant]

Note: Aix en Provence's people are very snobbish like in Paris, which is very exclusive in the south of France. People in the south are ususally warm people, it's very close to italian culture.

[cannes1943]

you are soo right once you go thre you'll remenber it all your life...thank you for the great video