<p>...my girls and I loved Aix-en-Provence when we went last summer. They had had 2 years of French by that time and were so excited that they could actually "talk" a bit to the saleswomen in the very wonderful teen clothing stores. The center of town that is a pedestrian-only (almost only) center is wonderful. But it was really, really, really hot in the middle of summer. Next time I go I'm going to stay in the Hotel des Augustins--now a kind of boutique hotel built in an old monastery.</p>