“Par la mer:” By the sea
Relief to be back, “home” in France. We flew from Fez to Marseille and stayed there Saturday night (2/20). I fell in love with this town. It is in the South of France by the sea, and absolutely beautiful. Apparently the second largest city in France, it didn’t feel too large. There is a big marina filled with sailboats and surrounded by cafes and restaurants. We found a spot down there to eat dinner and grabbed some drinks at an Irish pub. On Sunday, the weather was beautiful and sunny so we sat outside by marina and had cafés and a petit dejeuner with croissants and bread. It was lovely to just sit outside at the café and people watch. There was a Sunday fish market on the marina that I wandered through, both interesting and disgusting to my eyes. Eely fish, and then a women cutting the eyes off of another…cool, but gross. Despite being a little fatigue from the previous night’s festivities, a few of us climbed the monstrous hill where the Cathedral, Notre Dame de la Garde, sits. It was a killer hill but totally worth it as the view from the top was breathtaking. You could see the whole city as well as the sea. I could have sat up there for hours just gazing out.
Sunday afternoon we headed back to Clermont-Ferrand via a van filled with seven people (picked up two gals in Morocco who are friends with Erin). We brought along some baguettes and about 4 ½ hours later we were back “home.” Who knew I would be happy to be “home” in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Haha. It was a great trip…I have to rest now and recover from vacation!
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