Hotel Terminus Saint Charles
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Day 6: Marseille
... could look one way and see Marseille in the distance, shift right and see solitary crags rising sporadically just offshore, or look straight ahead and see the sapphire blue Mediterranean glistening in the morning sun. Any way we turned, it took our breath away. After taking the boat back to the mainland, we grabbed some lunch at the marina before hopping on a bus up to the highest point in the city, to visit Notre Dame de la Garde, a cathedral overlooking Marsille and the sea. ...
The Winds of Toulon
... the neighborhood where Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables. There wasn’t as much to see in Toulon, but it was nice just walking around.
We headed back to the promenade for lunch. The lunch of the day was steamed mussels (not for me). Apparently mussels steamed in all sorts of flavorings is the big thing around here. It was on Bob’s bucket list, so we made sure to find a place for him. Everyone enjoyed their meals, and it ...
#KamiProbs
*the pictures of this post at the bottom don't have much to do with the content of the post. They just make me smile. Click on the pictures to make them larger and read the captions!*
Anyways....it stopped raining! Finally!
Then I went to the store....
So apparently the French don't like to bathe. Or wash their hair. Their bottles of shampoo are tiny! I'll have to buy a new one every other week! Don't get ...
"weekend" is "weekend" in French
... for about 30 minutes and then another 40 on the bus ride. Turns out they were from Boston, the gentleman had just retired and so they were touring around France for 3 months. The woman had lived near Nice as a child for a couple years so it was kind of like coming home. ALSO, they had two children who were adopted from Korea! I don't know about you all, but I don't meet many people with kids who are adopted, so when that was revealed we had so much more to talk about. ...
OK place - bad time to go
We missed the summer lavender fields. If you really dig modern painting, Aix-en-Provence may hold some charm. Not a bad town, just nothing really spectacular.
Nancy liked the shopping in the old town during the market day.
My pic is a bit snarky. Just showing what is undoubtedly the worst (somewhat) functionally aircraft carrier in the world, the Charles de Gaulle.
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