April 22- April 26
Hello friends,
I just came back from my most amazing spring break ever filled with plenty of adventures and hangovers. As it is 1 am here I am going to write part 2: Ibiza, tomorrow or sometime this week. Let us begin:
La Baule
On Friday April 22, my friends Harkiran, Julia, and I decided to get a jumpstart on our Easter vacation by spending the day at la Baule, the beach about an our northwest of Nantes. We arrived at the cute little beach town around 1 pm and immediately found the nearest grocery store and picked up some beers and b-lined it for the plage! After finding a good spot we laid out our towels and prepared to expose our pale bodies to the sun for the first time in months and drink some beers while soaking up the beautiful french sun beams. We stayed there till around 5 pm then headed back to Nantes to back and get ready for our break in Provence and Ibiza, Spain!
Aix-en-Provence and Saint Cannat
Bright and early Saturday morning my friend Mallory and I set off for our 6 hour train ride to Aix-en-Provence and the little town of Saint Cannat. Finally, after 2 TGV trains we arrived at the train station where my parents picked us up and we went grocery shopping before arriving at our beautiful house in the little town of St. Cannat which is about 30 minutes outside of Aix. After a quiet dinner at home, we went to bed and got ready for our second day in the south of France.
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| All of the ladies in Saint Cannat! photo cred: Mallory |
Sunday morning, Easter morning, we woke up and had delicious mimosas to start the day. We drove to the little town of Pelissanne because we heard there was a little market. Unfortunately, they were packing up right as we got there but I still managed to get this adorable scarf. After our market failure we walked around the town a little and got a beer at this cute little bar. Around 2:30 we headed back towards Saint Cannat so my dad and I could pick up my three other friends from the train station. We got back from the train and the other girls dropped there stuff off and we walked around town. Having found another little bar and having a glass of wine, we returned to our house to make a delicious Easter dinner. My dad made lamb chops; I made a tomato tart; and my friends helped my mom make a salad and baked potatoes. Around 8:30 pm we sat down to a delicious meal. 2 hours and 7 bottles of wine later we headed off to bed.
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| Easter Table |
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| Dad at the Market |
Monday morning or French Easter more commonly known as Paques, we had more mimosas and got ready to head into Aix. However, the website was not very well organized and we miss read the schedule so we had to hang around till 12:30 to catch the bus into Aix. After a cup of tea we caught the bus into Aix-En-Provence. Since it was Paques, not many restaurants nor stores were open so we got lunch on the main street in Aix and did some shopping in the few stores that were open. Around 5:30 ominous gray clouds started creepin' our way so we took shelter and caught the bus home just in time to miss the rain. We bought some white wine and ate chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner.
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| Aix-en-Provence |
Tuesday morning we woke up at 7 am and headed to the airport for part 2 of vacation. I will post soon about Ibiza, until then, a bientot!
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