Best cure for misery

Pavillion de Vendome, Aix en Provence. Hard place to be miserable.

Pavillon Vendôme, Aix en Provence. Hard place to be miserable.

Tissues, nose drops, paracetamol, lemons, ginger, honey – a shopping list of misery.

Now, pack your miserable self, your miserable list and your miserable head cold to the centre of  Aix-en-Provence on a sunny day and do your shopping.

No, it didn’t cure my cold – but it was quite hard to stay miserable.

Palais Archiepiscopal – featuring a great example of Aix’s famous carved doors

I always thought this little square was pretty - turns out, it's one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture in Provence.

I’d stared at the lovely Place d’Albertas a dozen times before I finally learned that it is one of Provence’s finest examples of Baroque architecture.

Even the tat looks good here

Even the tat looks good here

2 thoughts on “Best cure for misery

  1. Aix en Provence looks lovely with the beautiful flowers and gardens. It will be so good to explore it.

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