Marseille
Travel Blogs from Marseille, France
Sightseeing and a scavenger hunt for food
... lunch menu yet and walked away leaving us sitting at the table. How difficult can it be to get a croissant and a juice in France, apparently very. So we got up and left this place to continue our search for morning food. We tried another restaurant ...
City by the sea...with an edge
Arrived in Marseilles after an uneventful train ride from Nimes. While expensive, the trains in France are quite comfortable and timely. A quick but expensive taxi driven by the most polite and charming gentleman encountered in France ...
Going down south
... Our taxi dropped us off at the Gare de Lyon, the gateway to the south. Here all the TGV trains leave for their destinations across France. We found our train on platform C, the TGV to Marseilles. It was incredibly busy at the station, as it is one of the ...
Red October
... our evenings were filled with the tales of The Count of Monte Cristo which once completed became the impetus to set sail from Marseille to Chateau D'If. This 16th century island prison is austere but not as spooky as we imagined. The names of ...
Jet Setting
Arrived in Sunny cannes and made our way up rue Carnot to Annes. We pretty much dumped the bags and got down to the sea as quick as possible. It was our first chance to get wet so we headed straight for the beach.Swam,slept,swam got burnt. Great day. ...
marseille
and after asking to abunch of ppl we meet alain and his wife, who are heading to italy and passing by marseille and the souther coast they lead us to ...
DAY 102 - APRIL 15, 2007
... gym, pool, sauna, and Jacuzzi. Not a bad life. So, the cities: Naples, Palermo, Tunis, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, and Marseille. I could expound on each of these for a page each, but here is the executive summary. Naples is a large port city ...
Marseille
... train ride along the coast (which in a way it is a shame that the railway is right on the beach) Marseille is a bigger city and not so quaint but the port area is nice. Flew out of Marseille to Lisbon. I know not quite geographically ...
Arles and un village Troglodyte
We were all on a high after climbing to the top of the amphitheatre of Arles, looking down over the smooth empty oval of sand where they still fight bulls. But in a more playful way; teenage boys do 'le rasetage' which takes place in the summer season ...
Marseille
... Ferry Boat landing, then up towards Notre-Dame de la Garde, a beautiful church that sits atop a hill overlooking the city of Marseille. The streets are narrow and hilly, much like those in San Francisco, California. It's hard to believe that two cars ...
The social elevator is not working
... who work in the Humanities departments at some of the local unis. Aix trains graduates in the Arts and Humanities; Marseille is where the campuses are for engineering and other technical subjects. My personal experience in my host family is of a lot ...
Marseille
Didn't take long to get there from Nice. Cool Hostel. Walked around the Harbour, Cours Julien is good, cafe's, bookshops, soup kitchens. The Notre Dame de la Garde is cool, but I got there at 5pm and it was closed. I got a boat to an Island near the ...
Marseille
Uzun bir yolculuktan sonra nihayet Marsilya'dayim. Fakat geldigime degdi galiba. Istasyondan kafayi uzatir uzatmaz karsima cikan manzara bu sehre bir anda kanimi isitti. Hani eski turk filmlerinde olur, adam koyden trenle Haydarpasa garina gelir, disari ...
BY Parker Marseilles
Hi Nicholas, this is Parker. I wanted to tell that the bird poop felt very weird. Also, we had a mean owner in the Paris apartment and we wiped it on her dooor knob! The keyboard is very different.At the public beaches some of the women don"t have bikini ...
Day 92 - Marseille
... Next time. So a little after 11am, some 20h hours after we left Africa, I rolled off the ramp in Marseille, France. The customs and immigration were remarkably quick. Ridiculously quick some might say. They ...
Amorous or Foolhardy?
... ; First of all, we had a deadline. Something neither of us are accustomed to dealing with right now. Ferry departs Marseille at 7pm. Brian was concerned about covering the 100 km distance and finding the port in time. So, up extra ...
Leaving France :(
After a fantastic 3 weeks in France we packed up, cleaned out the house and drove to Marseille airport. After a long drive we finally got to the airport and after more delays got on the plane and back to Gatwick Tony collected us from the airport ...
France
We have left Italy behind. Aughhh... And have now stopped in Marseille, France. It is quite difficult to change languages so abruptly. I was getting used to "gratzi" but have moved on to "merci." Although "gratzi" still comes out more often than not. ...
JP est rentré à l'heure !
... sauver l'Afrique et ne travaille plus qu'avec elles. Faudrait quand même pas que nos européennes y prennent goût (?) Arrivée à Marseille Provence à l'heure. Michhhh est là, fidèle au poste, les retrouvailles font du bien. Petit dîner à ...
Marseille Survival Guide
... nevertheless a fascinating stop. Provence and the Cote d'Azur are actually where the action is and Marseille is just a big seaport that happens to be France's second biggest city and starting place for points more interesting. I am glad I was ...
Just getting settled into the next 9 months :)
... post pictures so you can understand why. The 9th, 10th, and this morning, we had orientation which included a bus tour of Marseille. It's amazingly beautiful and there's just so much history here! Taking tonight to myself to finish a book and start this ...
Marseille on a prettier day
Here are some pictures of Marseille on a pretty day compared to the day of the bus tour. Apparently these blue skies are the norm here. It feels like it should be April not ...
Marseille and Îles du Frioul
We took the chance, as we were working in Aix-en-Provence during the week, to go to Marseille in a weekend day trip. Marseille seemed nice but so huge to spend the whole day walking around... It was a warm summer day and we felt like for refreshing ...
FANTASTIC CITY!!!
So, yes; we once again oversleep and miss our train to St Tropez. Oh well, c'est la vie!! Have to buy more goodies at marker, Chez Josy here we come!! She squels in delight at our sight and I told her ,y youngest wrote about her to his ...
High winds in the Marseille metropolis.
... boat was too large to fit into it, so we were stuck over by the cruise ship docks and the ship yards. Instead of exploring Marseille with us, Stee spent the day working in his office. He's looking at buying another yacht. Not to replace this one, but a ...
A strange day in Marseille
... rival of Aix. Whereas Aix is bourgeois, picture postcard pretty and 'bien-leche' (literally this means- 'well licked') Marseille is grittier, more 'populaire', meaning more working class and altogether a much cheaper place to live. Christophe says that ...
Pouvez-vous me rembourser Marseille??
... to use the equipment was not an easy feat. We went to the local tourist office and asked the experts about wheelchairs in Marseille. She honestly looked at us with an eyebrow up and said there wasn't anything for us and that the only public ...


