My doesn’t that sound lovely. However, our day yesterday was forecast to be wet and wild. Being northwesterners, we hopped in the trusty Peugeot and Cindy and the GPS directed us to the city of Cassis on the French seaside.
Cassis is not technically on the French Rivera, that starts at St. Tropez, but it is a large tourist destination, particularly with the French.
Cassis was founded in 600 BC by the Greeks as a shipping and fishing port. The Romans took over around 200 BC as it’s importance grew. It became a major wine growing area with the Romans and stone for fireplaces was mined here.
As you can imagine, the area was invaded many, many times over the centuries as it was a valuable port and agricultural area, (everyone loves wine). The fort/palace was built to protect the port.
Today it’s main economy is tourism, with the French the main visitors. The area is famous for its cliffs and fjords which are reached by hiking or by boat.
Yesterday being Sunday, is flea market day in France and the French love flea markets!So the town was full and a Bocce ball tournament make it even livelier!
Quite a lovely town and highly recommend for a visit. We managed to avoid the rain, so off we go down the French coast towards St. Tropez and the French Rivera!
We drove through La Ciotat which has a huge flea market/farmers market, but we were flea marketed out. So on through to St. Tropez.
About a 1/2 hour outside of St. Tropez it started to rain and when we reached the city it started to pour, Portland style. Needless to say the beautiful people were all under cover and the city was basically closed. What a shame, I’m sure the people watching here is awesome. We waited for the worst to pass outside a Dior store. They didn’t seem to mind we didn’t stop in😁
GPS home and a lovely dinner in our Airbnb.
Today we are headed back to the hill country to visit L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Gordes. More rain and wind forecast. That’s basically a month of rain, cold and wind 😳
FYI, we paid €30 in tolls yesterday, the French love to toll roads🇺🇸
Au revoir !
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