An early discovery was an ex-convent, later school, which boasted both Zola and Cezanne as former students. Both victims of bullies, they became close friends.
We passed some grand palaces, street shrines and fountains.
Recrossing the Cours Mirabeau, we explored older buildings. This one had the painted windows we first saw in Nice.
We found the patron saint of dogs, Saint Roch.
At the cathedral was a Saint carrying his own head.
It was a a good cathedral too.
The Palace of Justice also honoured Mirabeau (feel free to look him up).
There were lots of random old doors into buildings I've already forgotten.
An old prison...
An Archbishop's Palace...
A memorial to Jews and resistance victims of the Nazis included the great- grandfather of our guide.
Once the tour ended, Lyn bought a bag of the local little cakes called madelaines and sat by a fountain.
After lunch and a nap we decided to visit a gallery in a spectacular palace.
The featured artist was Niki de Saint Phalle. Her work ranged from deeply disturbed to fun. She went through a phase of shooting her own art.
Of course it all made more sense if you read the information in the exhibition but this blog post is already very long.
This was the garden.
On the way home we visited a department store and our potential grandchild now has more clothes.
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