Cassis, Southern France

Cassis is a coastal town in the French Mediterranean. The nearest famous city to it is Marseille where we were supposed to visit, but headed to Cassis instead because of proximity. The journey to Cassis from Aix-en-Provence, where we stayed overnight to rest from our long trip from Sion, Switzerland, is a short autobahn drive.

The 45-minute drive through the Mediterranean hills provides an opportunity to see the uniqueness of the land, vegetation and the lifestyle there. From the nearest hill, one could see the Mediterranean Sea and the towns along its coast. The warm air carrying water vapor from the Mediterranean Sea turns into mist and clouds as it ascends with the hill chains stretching along the coast. This makes the area pretty misty and foggy sometimes.

Cassis maybe not be Nice or Cannes, but my short stay there gave me an idea of the lifestyle in the Mediterranean. The big cars and bikes lined on the street, the mansion one after another and the plush yachts anchored at the port told me of the living standard there.