Aix-En-Provence

We visited Aix-en-Provence in 2017 and were impressed, despite the lack of parking facilities. This time we stayed in a campground, using the CamperContact app, and enjoyed the city at a more lesiurely pace. Posts from our 2017 visit were:
http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2017/10/aix-en-provence-1.html,
http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2017/10/aix-en-provence-2.html, and
http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2017/10/aix-en-provence-cathedral-of-saint.html.

Attempted artsy-fartsy shot of Cezanne beholding the Rotonde and the Fountain
of the Three Graces

All our plans went out the window when we found an absolutely huge street
market radiating off from the Rotonde; here, the lonely tripe wagon

Food section

Sand artist: "...writ in water..."

In the market, mostly clothing, looking back some blocks to the Rotonde and
the Fountain

Love those ghost signs

We looked around but went back to our 2017 favorite,
Charlotte, a two-person operation (he cooks, she serves) that
is glacially slow but authentic and good; served outside in a
walled-in garden

My ossobuco

Her steak and frites

Shoppe scene

France is littered with beautiful cooking and cookware stores; here's one in Aix,
individual raclette and fondue makers

Our wanderings took us to the cathedral square, where there were booths and
programs celebrating Europe Day; we came away with nice little "Je sui Eropeen"
bracelets; probably won't wear them in Britland

Inside the Saint-Sauveur Cathedral

Curiosity of the day: interesting structure in the stern starboard of the main nave,
like a little skybox; but there is no entrance, no exit, no stairs; the wall is actually
part of the original Roman forum; a mystery to be solved...

Outside the cathedral was a group of Bulgarian dancers

Dancing

More European solidarity

As I commented before, wherever he sat or spat or pissed or shat...

Clock tower in beautiful main square

Afternoon, looking toward the Rotonde...no evidence there was ever a massive
market here hours ago

Ars longa, vita brevis