Tradition

Aix is fountainous. There are a great number of fountains found in various plazas, nooks, and crannies. There is a tradition, too. Well, maybe it's not a tradition, but I like to think so. As a student in Aix, one has to make a tour of the fountains at least once. By that I mean one waits until an unspeakable hour in the morning and one goes swimming. In the fountains. In an hour, we hit 9. There was, after all, some delay with police and so forth. The highlight of the evening? We trodded through the murky waters of La Rotonde, this city's largest fountain and postcard landmark.