Looking to do something spontaneous, my roommate and I took an afternoon trip to the coastal town of Cassis!
We hopped on a bus to Marseille and toke a quick train ride to Cassis. From the train station we walked for about 30 minutes following vineyards and sycamore tree-lined paths. The colors were vibrant in the Mediterranean sun, with the cool, salty sea breeze giving us a break from the heat. At the water front we ate lunch facing the marina, with a picturesque view of the sailboats and yachts with the sea in the background, all framed by the calanque cliffs.
We had no goal to our journey or aim to our wandering- just to explore the cute town and absorb the sounds of the waves. We peaked into tide pools and climbed the boulders up to a flat place to nap.
Near the end of the afternoon, my roommate got some gelato and I got a Nutella crêpe. We enjoyed our sweets sitting at a park where people were playing pétanque, a game where they throw metal balls the size of croquet balls towards a target. There, we ran into my ceramics professor and her family. We came to the conclusion that we now actually have grounds to say that it’s a small world, having travelled half way across it, finding people from similar places with similar interests.
We hiked back up the steep hill out of town to the train station and back home just in time for dinner with our host mom.
Until next time,
Natalie