Midzi ya ku Southern Southern ndi midzi
Ngati mukuyenda panyanja ya Mediterranean, muli mwayi waukulu kuti mzinda wa Marseille kapena mudzi wina ku French Riviera udzakhala phokoso la kuyitana. Marseille nthawi zambiri amatha kupita kumalo otsetsereka kukafika ku mzinda wa Provence ku France ndipo amapereka mosavuta mizinda yosangalatsa monga Aix, Avignon, St. Paul de Vence, ndi Les Baux.
Pamene sitimayo ikupita ku Marseille, chimodzi mwa zinthu zoyamba kuziwona ndi Château d'If, chilumba chaching'ono chomwe chili pafupi ndi mtunda wa makilomita 1.5 kuchokera kuchitunda chakale.
Nkhono yomwe ili pa chilumba chochepacho inagwira akaidi ambiri a ndale pa mbiri yake kuphatikizapo msilikali wa ku France wotchuka Mirabeau. Komabe, Alexandre Dumas anapanga Château d'If ngati wotchuka kwambiri pamene adaiyika ngati ndende mu buku lake la 1844, The Count of Monte Cristo . Mabwato oyendayenda amaloŵetsa alendo kuti akaone chilumbachi, koma amanyamuka ulendo wopita ku Marseille kapena kutalika.
Zinthu zitatu zimabwera m'maganizo pamene mawu akuti Marseille amatchulidwa. Omwe timakonda chakudya adziwa kuti bouillabaisse ndi mphodza ya nsomba yomwe inayambira ku Marseille. Yachiwiri ndi yakuti Marseille ndi dzina la nyimbo ya fuko la France, La Marseillaise. Pomalizira, komanso chidwi cha alendo, ndizochitika zambiri ndi zokopa alendo m'derali. Mzindawu umakhala zaka zoposa 1500, ndipo zambiri mwazinthu zake zasungidwa bwino kapena zasunga kapangidwe kawo koyambirira.
Marseille ndi mzinda wakale kwambiri komanso wachiwiri ku France. Zakale zakhala zikulowetsa anthu aku North America akulowa ku France. Chifukwa chake, mzindawu uli ndi anthu ambiri achiarabu. Afe omwe timaonera mafilimu akale ndikuwerenga mabuku osamvetsetseka akhoza kukumbukira nkhani ndi zithunzi za gulu la French Foreign Countries, ndipo kumbukirani nkhani zovuta kuchokera ku mzinda wamtenderewu.
Mzindawu ukuyang'aniridwa ndi Mpingo wa Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, (Mkazi Wathu wa Alonda) umene umakhala pamwamba pa mzindawo. Mzindawu uli wodzaza ndi zizindikiro zina zochititsa chidwi komanso zomangamanga, ndipo kuona phokoso la mzinda kuchokera ku tchalitchichi kuli koyenera ulendo wopita pamwamba.
Marseille ali ndi mipingo yambiri yakale imene alendo angayang'ane. Abbey Saint-Victor-Abbey anakhalapo zaka zoposa chikwi ndipo ali ndi mbiri yochititsa chidwi.
Aix-en-Provence
Pa sitimayi kupita ku French Riviera, sitima zambiri zimapereka maulendo apanyanja ku Avignon, Les Baux, St. Paul de Vence , ndi Aix-en-Provence. Ulendo wamtunda waulendo wopita ku Aix-en-Provence umasangalatsa kwambiri. Mabasi amalowetsa alendo ku mzinda wakale wa Aix, womwe uli pafupi ulendo wa ola limodzi kuchokera pa sitima. Mzinda uwu ndi wotchuka chifukwa cha nyumba ya French Pristist Paul Cezanne. Komanso ndi tawuni ya yunivesite, yomwe ili ndi achinyamata ambiri omwe amasunga mzindawu kukhala wokondwa. Aix poyamba anali mzinda wokhala ndi mipanda yokhala ndi nsanja 39. Tsopano ili ndi bwalo la boulevards kuzungulira pakati, ndi masitolo apamwamba ndi amwenye apamsewu. Ngati muli ndi mwayi, mudzakhalapo pamsika wamsika, ndipo misewu yadzaza ndi ogulitsa kuchokera kumidzi yozungulira. Maluwa, chakudya, zovala, zojambulajambula, ndipo ngakhale zinthu zonse zomwe mungapeze pabwalo kunyumba zinali zambiri.
Ndizosangalatsa kuyenda mumsewu ndi wotsogolera ndikupita ku Katolika ya St. Sauveur. Mpingo uwu unamangidwa zaka mazana ambiri, kotero inu mukhoza kuwona ubatizo wa Akhristu oyambirira wa m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chimodzi ndipo m'zaka za zana la 16 anajambula zitseko zamkati pafupi ndi wina ndi mzake mkati mwa tchalitchi.
Pambuyo pafupi ola limodzi lokayendera limodzi ndi otsogolera, mudzakhala ndi nthawi yopanda kufufuza Aix-en-Provence nokha kwa mphindi 90. Inde, mungafune kuyesa mmodzi mwa a Calissons otchuka a Aix, choncho muyambe kupita ku bakoloni ndikugula ochepa. Chokoma kwambiri, koma chokoma! Mungagwiritse ntchito tsiku lonse kuti muyende mumsika koma pamene muli paulendo, nthawi imangotsala kuti muyang'ane pazitsulo zina. Magulu ambiri oyendayenda amakumana pa Kasupe Wamkulu pa Mirabeau ya Cours. Iyo inamangidwa mu 1860 ndipo ili kumapeto kwa "Cours" ku La Rotonde.
Chimodzi mwa zinthu zabwino kwambiri pazombozi ndi kupita ku malo osiyanasiyana popanda kusamula ndi kutulutsa. Chimodzi mwa zinthu zovuta kwambiri pazombozi ndikusowa nthawi yokwanira yopenda mizinda yosangalatsa monga Aix-en-Provence mozama. Inde, ngati simukufunikira kupanga basiyi, simungauze Calissons angati omwe mungadye, ndipo ena omwe akuyenda angakhale akuyenda mumsewu akukweza zojambula, phokoso, ndi fungo la Provence.