Mandarin's Manor: Aix

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August 03, 2005

Aix

The town of Aix was a sleepy little place when Francois first bought it about 3 years ago. Then there was a housing boon (caused by the arrival of the TGV trains), so now a lot of Parisians are buying here as a vacation home, or even commuting to work (it's about a 3 hour train ride).

With all that said, it's still kinda a sleep town even by Aug vacation season standard. The tourists is nowhere as crazy as say Napa during the weekend. It's not the kinda town where vacationers go "do stuff" (since there aren't really "famous sites" for onlookers), but more of a place to go "chill" (sipping a drink along the tree lined boulevard next to the fountain (Aix is a city of fountains, you can see them everywhere).

The downtown is small and picturesque (really have no equivelent in the States, since towns like Carmel have a "too moneyed" feel, and Los Gatos, which might be the closest, is still too formal in comparison). People are all very relaxed, and I hardly see fights, arguments, or even people running/walking fast. It's a kind of place to unwind.

Posted by msoong at August 3, 2005 09:49 PM

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