This week the farthest I traveled is to Marseille. This is a city that is about thirty minutes away from me. Marseille has many beaches and is a larger city than Aix, so there is more to do.
In my first few weeks I have been to a lot of places! I visited Avignon and Les Baux-de-Provence, to see the Pope's Palace and old city ruins. The view from the top of the castle was beautiful! I visited Arles to see the city that the famous artist, Vincent Van Gogh, lived. I even got to see a cafe that he painted in real life. Next, I went to Monaco, which is a tiny country where one out of three citizens is a millionaire! Then, I went to Ardèche to see cave paintings that are over 30,000 years old. Make sure that you think of some fun questions to ask me about these trips!
To get around in Aix, I walk a lot. My house is about a mile away from the middle of the city, or centre-ville, where my school is. So to get to school I walk but going home at the end of the day, I usually take the bus because I live at the top of a very steep hill. When I went to Marseille, I took a large bus to get there. Then we rode the metro, or the subway, and caught a bus to go to the beach.
