Mercure Marseille Vieux Port

... t speak french: baguette, coffee, pan de chocolate, fresh squeezed oj, all fresh fresh fresh. Then we hit the market, vendors were begging us to try free samples of meat, cheese, honey, fruit, olives, you name it. Needless to say, we found our lunch for the day. <br>Oh; did I forget to mention it was Halloween? Not that it really matters, since the french do NOT really understand what halloween is. We decided to not even ...

... figured this out and got on the right boat - well, a different boat anyhow. <br><br>Driving onto the boat we followed the sign that said &#8216;Embarkments&#8217;. I love how so many words in French are similar to what we use in English, but with slightly different meaning. I certainly feel as though I am embarking on something this evening. Something completely new and unplanned - even to us who hardly do ...

... weekend has put me right back on track, though, and so hopefully uni work will follow suit. Also got a lovely postcard from Dad looking over Holnicote, great to hear that everyone at home is well, even though I think I sometimes forget that life still carries on there when I'm not around. <br><br>Bon soir to all, from a very happee Charlotteee<br>xx<br><br>P.S Managed to get to one of the markets in town this week, got a full bag of fruit and vegetables for about 5&#8364;!<br>

... yesterday, Saturday, and it is cooler but still nice. The trip here was spectacular with many olive groves and big mountains. Today we went on a tour to Les Beax - another medieval town with a castle - poor Graham and on his birthday too. Then we went winetasting and to the premier olive oil producers in France. The Mistrql was blowing on the tour and it was very cold but warmer back here in the camp. Tomorrow we explore Aix on foot then we go to Avignon.

... I don&#8217;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&#8217;ve just about got it down, plentiful and cheap. The real meal deal is three full pies for &#8364;10, but the best buy for me is a quarter pie for about a single &#8364;, depending on toppings. One or two of those will pretty much fill you up, though I&#8217;ve resolved to ...

... It was pretty cool. I got to see all these little islands off the coast. It was beautiful.<br> When we landed, I got my luggage, and walked out, and the family was waiting for me! Marie (the mom), Delphine (19), Francois (13), and Claire (11) all came to pick me up. They are SO nice! Francois and I immediately bonded over our mutual love of Harry Potter, and Delphine told me all about how much she loved Twilight and Robert Pattinson. They love ...

... sucks so I am not alone and she is in a hurry to leave aswell. The Youth Hostel is great letting me hang out and keep my stuff here until 7pm. At 6pm I leave with all my luggage, yes again I realise it is far too heavy, luckily it is all down hill. I get the tram to Patrcia's house, first going in the wrong direction then correcting it. Patricia is lovely she has an Italian boy staying with her also, he is funny. She advises ...

... to Marseille. At the port there were boat rides to an island where Chateau d'if is located. It was originally a fortress then a prison. The movie Count of Monte Cristo was filmed at Chateau d'If. We spent about 2 hours on the island and then the boat took us over to Ile Frioul which we hiked for several hours. We had a great day on the water and islands. Supper in Marseille was difficult to locate. In ...

... in the same place was a rarity in Marseille and we were beginning to suffer from concreteitis. We took up the habit of going there to lie around and catch up on some reading. Marie-Hélene also had the biggest tv I had ever seen, cable (so we could flick between MTV, CNBC and Al Jazeera Kids)and an impressive DVD collection, so the days were getting lazier. One night we decided that it was time to go out and socialise, and in our native tongue ...

Surprise, surprise! We ended up on the inaugural QF1 Qantas Skybed flight to London - what a treat! Best of all, the crew were very excited about the new cabin product, new menus &amp; new uniforms, so there was a buzz in the air. Unfortunately though the actual aeroplane was not in the air until 5 hours after we were scheduled ...