This morning, after we dropped Sarah off at school at 8:30 am, Mom, Dave, Nick and I set off to visit Cassis. We'd been told it was about a 45 minute drive south on the coast-perfect distance to go while Sarah had her morning half day at school. The route to take was the A51 to Marseille which we did but the turn off for the tunnel, which takes you under the city itself, alluded us and we ended up in downtown Marseille at morning rush hour! To make matters worse for we 4 New Englanders, it resembled the Big Dig in Boston! What a nightmare!
Fortunately, we had an uneventful, pretty drive the rest of the way. Quite windy going over the mountains down to the sea however. We were rewarded with a great visit to this lovely, seaside village. Our first stop was a small beach just to the south of the harbor. This beach was covered with nothing but smooth limestone pebbles of all different sizes; they really felt good in our hands. There was literally no sand whatsoever. We all wished we'd brought our bathing suits-the water was invitingly warm. To the right side of the beach, up on a cliff, was this lovely, big, old hotel. We walked on the beach a short ways to our left and followed some steps up to a large landing.From here we had a spectacular view of the harbor around the corner and the coastline to the east. There was a sweet lighthouse which Dad would have enjoyed immensely .
Mom, Dave and I enjoyed the view...
A mother/daughter shot...
The view looking back at the limestone beach...
and the waves were crashing on the rocks below....
We left the beach and drove around to the little harbor of Cassis. What a quaint little village! We poked around in some of the shops, looked at the boats...
and then settled into a harbor side cafe for a cafe creme and pain grille-that's sort of our equivalent of a cappuccino and toasted baguette with butter and jam.
We really couldn't think of a better spot to spend this beautiful, sunny morning!!
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