Du Globe Aix-en-Provence

... I share a laugh with a man who finds it as amusing as I do.

The merguez and fries wasn't so glorious as to justify a description, but it sure hit the spot. Despite a frustrating day of buses and trains, I find myself content with my travels, and happy to be in Marseille.

I duck into an internet cafe to send Carlo and update, then being sure to avoid the Belsunce area, which I'm uncomfortably close to, set out to explore. I pause to watch a small ...

... looked quite poor, as did a lot of Marseille, and was very dirty, the bad weather not helping the atmosphere. We did get to see one pretty spectacular place, the Notre Dame on top of the hill overlooking the port. We took the tourist train up there (can tick that one off our list), and saw the richer areas of the town on the way up. The views were fantastic and the cathedral amazing, with a crypt below. All very colourful and lots of artwork based around the port and ...

... made some friends had we the time and resources to put together costumes... I decided we were dressed up as Canadians, which I thought would have worked great until Tom pointed out that Canadians would probably speak more French. But we weren't really left out, there were only a handful of people dressed up. Overall; here is the tally of costumes in Aix on halloween: 2 girls in witch hats (with one stocking each), 5 ...

... stay at this lovely lady’s home and forward onto Italy from another port
2) change destination to another port on Corse where there are more options for forwarding onto Italy
3) wait 2 days until there is a direct ferry from Marseille to italy (the one we thought we were on)

In the end we decided on No. 2. I was actually thankfull for once of Brian’s obsessive earliness as ...

... parents for a trip to Cassis, Toulon, and for a drive around the Sainte-Victoire mountain. Yes, I was an 'honoury' northerner for the day (Lizzie, je blague, je blague!). Cassis is absolutely beautiful, picture perfect, with a little marina and a beach, with amazing turquoise-coloured water. We had a huge breakfast there which meant I didn't need to eat again until 7, and then headed along the coast to Toulon, where we walked through a market to one of the marinas, which ...

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... Good art, great restaurants, and amazing shopping all await the visitor in a tidy and compact town. A little slice of Provencal heaven. Rating: 8.5. Once called the eagle's nest by a pope shortly before he decided to have it destroyed, this fortress/town sits on a lonely crag and was impenetrable for centuries. Today, one can tour what's left of the fortress/ramparts and also learn about war machines in the outdoor museum. Or one could if it wasn't ...

... that rocked. Provence. See above but with a little less atmospheric enotecas. That being said, every town has at least one place where they will gladly pour you the local stuff - often without a charge. Based on random signs we saw the concept of a tasting room seems to be catching on but everywhere seemed to have hours with randomly generated openings. ANZAC. Much more in the California vein although on a much more limited scale. That being said ...

... sur une bulle. Vous pouvez suivre les photos sur mon Facebook. à part de ça, j'ai mangé de la tapenade, de l'ailloli, du fromage de la mort et aussi du vin, gouté au pastis et au champagne... bref je vais prendre bocoup de poids et dvenir alcolo!!! Bon aujourd'hui on va visiter une usine d'huile d'olive et je prend le train pour Nice. Donc voilà pour les petites nouvelles.... Je vs m LN