4/5 to 4/7/19 We celebrated our anniversary on the fifth with lunch at Le Chastel, our favorite restaurant near the Palais du Justice. The excavation of the Roman ruins discovered in the square is still going on, with completion scheduled for sometime next year. The plan is to leave parts of it open under a see-through cover. That is as much as I understood from the "Aixcentric" post. The whole square will be pedestrian only except for the small city buses, in an effort to cut down on traffic. We saw the same thing in Nice last year, with their elaborate tram system. Traffic in the city centers has become a real problem. No way to widen the streets! There is a plan in Aix to expand public transportation to make it easier to reach the university and city center, with buses running every ten minutes during peak hours. We shall see.
Construction in the square outside the restaurant:
On the way back from lunch we stopped at "Segond" for some chocolates.
Passage Agare:
Some lovely shops and restaurants in the passage. Good to know that the three years of construction and excavation hasn't led to many closings.
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