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Day 6: Marseille
Well this city surprised the hell out of us! We didn't really know what to expect when we set off this morning; it was cold and windy, and we wanted to take a boat over to the famed Chateau d'If. Despite the cloudless blue sky, there was a sign at the port saying there would be no landings at Chateau d'If due to poor weather, but they were still running ferries to an island called Frioul (turns out there were extremely high winds and big waves). It promised a view of the prison on the ...
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 ...
"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. ...
Bienvenue sur la planete Mars(eille)!!!
Mardi, je me leve en meme temps que Romain, ****, il est vraiment barrer du dos. ayoye ca vraiment lair de faire mal... il part tout de meme travailler, ouff, il sest fqite plier en deux par son partenaire de judo, ou de ju jitsu(qqc du genre, je sais pas comment ca secrit). Je brette, dej lentement et go je pars a la decouverte du quartier du panier. bon apparament quil y a une serie vraiment populaire qui a ete tournee ici, bon moi le nom me dit rien,la belle ...
Marseille, !
lundi, superbe nuit! Romain et Laura travaille et yohanna etudie ce matin et va a ses stages plus tard. Donc, aujourd?hui direction le Port ( apparament que je le prononce bizarre ;P) petite promenade en avant midi, il fait beau, chu en jupe et en camisole, les gens me regardent comme si je debarquais dune autre planete, eux ils ont manteau, ...