Sailing Trip, South of France (Day 1-Cassis)

Over the summer, one of my absolute favorite trips was sailing in the South of France. My family and I have done this a couple of times and each time always proves to be a crazy adventure. 

A few summers ago, the sailboat we rented actually burned down days before we were supposed to take it out. Then, after planning to rent out a new boat we had to deal with the problem of a skipper. Everything was set until the morning of our departure we learned that our captain had gotten in a car crash and was now in a coma! Clearly there was a ton of bad luck circulating us. Aside from all of this, it was monsoon season and when we did finally set out it poured rain on us for the 7 hour sailing trip. This year was not nearly as crazy but as usual we planned the entire trip and boat rental basically the night before departure. 

We ended up getting a boat called Idra and a great captain to sail it.

The sailing there was amazing and much more peaceful than the previous time. The water was smooth as glass and it was a beautiful day to lie on the deck and relax. 

We sailed to a place in Cassis, to a gorgeous little cove, enclosed by the surrounding rocky cliffs.  

the cove by Cassis 

The parking here was a bit of an ordeal as we had to rope the boat around a rock, which was extremely difficult to do. 

Once that was settled though and we had some extra rope, my brother and I attached our boat to our friend's boat. This turned out to be a great transportation system as we took the little dingy back and forth between boats using the rope as a guide. On the downside though, there were a ton of rope lines running everywhere so it was pretty much impossible not to fall over them.

The water was gorgeous and a great temperature so we spent the rest of the afternoon swimming around the cove.

This serene cove made for one of my favorite stops out of the whole trip. The next morning we took a small detour to the actual town of Cassis. Here are a few photos I took of it... 

XOXO Rana