Les Roches Marseille
73 traverse Fort Fouque Marseille, Provence, France
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Sixeme Forum Mondial de L'eau
... is a fish stew with special spices unique to Marseille. There was a lot of hype about it, and it was delicious, but not AMAZING. However, I was enjoying myself too much to be sad that I splurged on this "special" meal. You gotta do it once right? When's the next time I will be in Marseille? Probably never. (sad).
After the late lunch, I enjoyed just sitting by the docks and enjoying life. Plus, I needed some rest for the next day because ...
We cooked our lunch!
... on the stove to sauté the meat, in olive oil of course, hey! we are in provence, everything is cooked in olive oil. While the meat is cooking, the Chef shows us how to make the sauce, the mashed potatoes and how to use the mold for serving. Everyone decorates their own plate with a reduction of Balsamic Vinegar, the meat is added to the plate, covered with the sauce and don't forget the chives. Here we go ready to eat! That was fast. A quick ...
Mars-eh
... poor house built by Puget I think but couldn't actually go into any of the rooms because they've all been turned into museums/galleries which were closed for the day. You can understand that at this point I was feeling mightily disheartened, I was REALLY tired of walking all over the city and not actually seeing anything excpet closed doors.
And what I did see wasn't amazing. The Cathedrale Major was pretty impressive from the outside (I liked ...
Cezanne's backyard: Aix-en-Provence!
Actually had time, on our way back from Nice, to stop by Aix-en-Provence and tour the city. It was so, so beautiful; we were able to visit the Museum of Natural History and the Museum Granet. Next time we stop by Carly and I will definitely be sure to visit Cezanne's vacation home though! But for a short séjour for quelques heures it was not bad at all.
“People don’t take trips – trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
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Marseille két temploma
... is használták kilátónak ezt a helyet. A XIII. században pedig már a tengerészek zarándokoltak ide, áldást kérni vagy hálát adni a hajó biztonságáért. (Egyszer az Olympic Marseille is elzarándokolt ide, hálát adni a kupagyőzelméért.) A XVI. században az V. Károly ellen folyó háborúban védekezés céljára kellett építeni ide valamit, miközben ugyanez okból átellenben elkezdték építeni If várát is. Jelenlegi formáját 1854-ben nyerte ...


