Aix en Provence

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The day we left for Aix, we spent the morning at ESCP (a University) in Paris
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The train station we left from was very neat.
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I think was Gare de Lyon it was called?
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We passed several French villages along the way. The lack of modern Western architecture took getting used to
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Prepare to innundated by my attempts to photograph fast-moving cities and castles.
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town + castle on a hill we passed on the train
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one of the few major cities we passed
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One of the absolutely hilarious roleplays we did in a communications class, where Duncan is mad at Randall
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view from the dorms at IAE where we stayed.
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the room itself. Quite comfy.
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Walk through the town of Puyricard where the school was
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main part of town where the van pizza parked in the evening.
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Walking into Aix en Provence
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Quaint streets of Aix en Provence
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Love the architecture
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The pretty church in town
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The square that the next day will be filled with merchants
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town hall
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Aix is a town of fountains. One of the more er.. interesting being this boar spitting water.
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a lovely little plaza that Dr. Voss said was one of his favorites
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look at all the detailing carved into the buildings
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the central walk in Aix
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real estate on this main street is second in price only to the most famous streets in Paris.
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Some of the fountains on the main street are sourced from natural hot springs, like this one
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more of the main street
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the jean d'arc fountain is sort of the centerpiece of the area
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one of the statues at the fountain
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the fountain in the main round.
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angel statue atop one of the smaller churches in Aix
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inside the church
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some pictures inside the church turned out better than others
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the market
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outside of one of the churches with people setting up for the market
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the inside of this church was really pretty
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this little dome was inside the church...
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there was a painting behind the pulpit of the church continuing on
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the organ above the church entrance
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another view of the same plaza with the fountain as the last picture
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Dr. Voss told me that the figures in the clock tower changes with the season
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I think this is the plaza where they hold operas. It's famous and around here somewhere..
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