We are in Aix-en-Provence this evening, and the kids are checked in and hopefully nodding off to sleep soon.
This AM, we had an early start from the very classic old world hotel in Montreux, beginning with a fabulous breakfast buffet and then a procession of suitcases down the stairs to the “Fancy Tour” bus. Our route today included a minor deviation to give us a more scenic experience, but when we got to the first small pass, rain and drizzle settled in until lunch, so we couldn’t really see anything anyway. But after the lunch stop, the skies gradually cleared and the revealed views of Provence were striking. We enjoyed a two-hour stop at an ancient fortress, the Chateau des Baux, built in the tenth century, and I noticed nearly everybody got an ice cream on the way back to the bus.
And during the bus ride, I prepared a couple more photo spreads:
Looks like hard work being in the band…but worth every minute!