Thursday, June 5, 2014 - Day 14

Today was a fairly simple day as our trip starts to wind down. But it was a fun day.

The day started with a walk into the town farmers market. We wanted to get a roasted chicken from one of the vendors that sells these in every market, as they smell and look great. Along with the chicken we got a variety of veggies and greens for making a salad. This was lunch, eaten outside on our porch while looking out at the ducks swimming along in the river. It was a great lunch and a time that felt very "Provence".

We spent the afternoon back in Aix-En-Provence. We want to attend the chamber music concert at the church this evening. We just decided to hang out around town and wait for the concert.

We went off to the place we had lunch the other day as Jan wanted another helping of the great dessert she had there, a chocolate sundae. We then walked around town a little bit, looking in on the city hall which is a 16th or 17th century building. We had access to the little center within the building complex along with the hallway on the first floor to see the architecture.

We then spent some time sitting at one of the little Tabac places that are all over every town of France. These places are little bars that sell a variety of cigarette products, drinks and coffee. It's a place to spend a few euros on a coffee and just sit at one of the outside tables and watch the world go by. The one we chose was right next to the church, so we had plenty of people watching available while we drank our coffee, I smoked a cigar and Jan made out some post cards.

The concert this evening was in the old Saint Savieur church I described a couple of days ago. It was a chamber music concert by the Berlin Chamber Music Orchestra, as they bill themselves. It's a group of 6-7 musicians, all string instruments. Anyway, the pieces were by Mozart, Bach and Vivaldi. The musicians were up on the front part of the alter, and we took seats that were right up front practically on top of them. It was cool to see their facial expressions as they looked at each other for timing. The music was excellent and it was a fabulous setting, in an ancient church. What a great experience.

Only a few photos today, which are here. The photos of lunch are pretty inviting I think. More church photos as well, along with the poster of the concert.