Hotel Celenya Toulon

... 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 ...

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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 early and on the road withour even eating breakfast! After all of the worry and fussing, and snaps of the whip to go ‘faster’, we arrived at the port at ...

NO MARSEILLE for us!!! The captain went by when we had 21 foot waves and winds of 50 gusting to 65. It was sunny but not good enough to dock in Marseille, so on to Barcelona we go. In spite of it, we had a great relaxing day and i had a 3 hour nap this afternoon. Naps are totally not my thing but apparently i was exhausted from our whirlwind schedule. Anyway, nothing exciting. We have seen numerous people in arm slings and just ran into a woman in a ...

... handstands and all the rest.... spend hours cleaning the sand out of our bags and clothes! The next day was a stunning 26 degree day.. so so so nice. We never thought we would be at the beach again. Were tempted to stay but found out the next 2 days were not going to be great weather. Sadly we headed off at 4pm to head to Avignon.. Saying goodbye to the med forever was very hard.. and sad....

... I don’t know if the DNA of pizza got transferred to the Arabs from Rome and then re-introduced to French via the Jews or what, but they’ve just about got it down, plentiful and cheap. The real meal deal is three full pies for €10, but the best buy for me is a quarter pie for about a single €, depending on toppings. One or two of those will pretty much fill you up, though I’ve resolved to ...

... yesterday’s popular beach resorts- Acapulco, Brighton Beach, Coney Island- Marseilles is a bit past its prime tourist days, long ago replaced in the popular imagination by places more exotic and more exclusive. But it has weathered the storms better than many others, sandblasted by time and left to acquire a polished sheen naturally. It has none of the stuffy je ne sais quoi of Paris, nor the generic beachiness of Cannes or Nice. Marseilles is not ...

... pollution, high unemployment, a crumbling infrastructure, sporadic riots from immigrants and streets full of absolute filth. You would be like him, too living here.

(6) Finally, you will be told to your face that you are basically inferior because you come from the US and they still like to blame Bush for their woes. Just be proud you are from America...after all, if it weren´t for us 60 something years ago, they would ...

Une semaine en speed pour conclure un projet de voyage. Rush ! En compagnie de sarah et de helene, ce fut une semaine rude avec pas beaucoup d'heures de sommeil. Mais combien de renontres ! Parc national, Sanctuaire Pelagos, LPO...un bond en avant et des idées plein la tête !

... down, th**e was a huge naked chick on that page. Now I feel like a bigg** p**v**t for looking at porn mag while talking to a 17 year old girl and now h** 13 year old broth** came ov**. He kept asking me about 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, South Park and tons of oth** teenage Am**ican stuff. You know what ****** me off. Europeans always say Am**ica doesn't have any culture. I just thought we are a young country and haven't had the thousands of years like Europe to develop our own ...