favorite aix spots.

Here's a photo essay of some of my favorite places in this city, but you'd have to see it to believe it!

La Cure Gourmande
A beautiful, beautiful candy store.
Note: photo from my first trip there, ie when it was still warm enough to just wear a tank top (tear!)


Joesph's
This is our bakery down the street, aka our exile when we have hunger (literal translation of "quand nous avons faim," it cracks us up more than it probably should).


Place des Prêcheurs (...Monsieur camion crêpe is in this picture!! Check out the white truck on the right side. I repeat: he's so awesome).


Belle Epoque
This is our velour-seated café where we drink sweet tea from a mason jar, just like Kellie Pickler sang. Except in France. It's really nice and apparently has a bumpin' night scene that I need to check out!


Place Richelme
Home to my daily marché stop, it's a huge open market (even in the cold) by morning, a beautiful café-filled plaza by day, and a great hang out place to watch the Marseille soccer club's game by night. I think it's one of the prettiest general areas in Aix.


Cours Mirabeau (bien sûr)
How could I not put the main drag on my list? I'll admit, every time I turn the corner past the 24 hour bakery toward the Cours, I get a little excited. Maybe I'll see someone I know! Maybe I'll see Blake Lively! Maybe I'll check out a new café! Typical day in the life right there.


Book in Bar
The closest thing to a coffeeshop in Aix, this is my home away from Barnes & Noble as I sit in this window sill often to do homework and sip some "British tea," which is much better than anything I have ever had–it's got caramel & vanilla flavors in it. YUM. Also, their coffee is 1.20 euro, cheapest around. It's a great place to be.

Other honorable mentions, but without photos:
O'Shannons
One of the two main Irish pubs in town, it's literally the center of the nightlife, where on any given night you go out, you'll likely see a fellow AUCPer or a Frenchman/woman you know, it's great! Fun place.
Place de Cardeurs
Right around the corner from Shannons is a beautiful new plaza full of restaurants that look more delicious than the next. Also, there's a great skyline view with tall & thin apartment buildings lining the south side of the plaza.
New Plaza with Zara, Sephora, La Cure Gourmande, ect
This place is beautiful! Very modern, with envy-worthy apartments above the shops. It's very different from the rest of Aix, which is home to older (but well-persevered) architecture.