Visitors have given us the chance to show off what great discoveries we have made in this region and to try out some new things....we got to know more of Marseille together....including traffic jams and confusing tunnels under the city with really bad signage that always lead to the wrong direction...which then needs to be fixed by driving for several more minutes around and under and through. HOWEVER, once you manage, there are delights to behold.....
We set out to find more Calanques (France's fjords) and our plan to visit the gorgeous Sormiou was halted by the closed access road...but amazing hikes will take you to Sormiou, which we have experienced and recommended to all who search the great beauty of Marseille's calanques....
We headed to Les Goudes and loved what we found on this lovely, albeit VERY windy spring day...
But, just swivel around, and there she is, Marseille....with Notre Dame le Gard, sittin' like a marble cherry on top.
And on another day, back to Marseille and the old port with the Mucem art museum and fabulous outdoor spaces bridging literally the gap between old and new....below are pics from in and around the Mucem.
50 centimes gets you across the old harbor on the local ferry. Walking through the Panier district...
Mother's Day...almost bought that fixer upper (above) at the base of the trendy but slightly raw Panier district...or maybe just dreamt about it...and then toasted all MOM's we love... at the bistro Hotel St. Louis. Windswept but very content...
And at day's end I texted Arlo in Prague telling him that I was bummed that he was missing from my Mother's Day photo. So he took care of that, below. I love you Arlo! Knucklehead...
We set out to find more Calanques (France's fjords) and our plan to visit the gorgeous Sormiou was halted by the closed access road...but amazing hikes will take you to Sormiou, which we have experienced and recommended to all who search the great beauty of Marseille's calanques....
We headed to Les Goudes and loved what we found on this lovely, albeit VERY windy spring day...
Just because it looks like Christine is crawling on all fours to avoid being too close to the edge doesn't mean that is true.... This place feels miles away from those tunnels and wrong turns we took in Marseille...
And on another day, back to Marseille and the old port with the Mucem art museum and fabulous outdoor spaces bridging literally the gap between old and new....below are pics from in and around the Mucem.
Mini person wood sculpture only 18" tall and projection beyond at the Mucem!
Mother's Day...almost bought that fixer upper (above) at the base of the trendy but slightly raw Panier district...or maybe just dreamt about it...and then toasted all MOM's we love... at the bistro Hotel St. Louis. Windswept but very content...
And at day's end I texted Arlo in Prague telling him that I was bummed that he was missing from my Mother's Day photo. So he took care of that, below. I love you Arlo! Knucklehead...
Very nice, thank you.
ReplyDeleteDiana & I have been spending time in and around Paris the past few years, along with a couple of trips to Normandy. Perhaps we can share memories of France sometime.