Nat & Laetitia invited to show us around Marseille until we had to catch our train later that afternoon. Madame Lavie packed us some sandwiches and we were off. A short 30 minute car ride away. It was a hot day but with the coastal breeze it felt great.
Ferry's used to go out to the Chateau d'if (yep the one from the Count of Monte Cristo); we only got to view it from the coast. You also may already know but Marseille is where the story of Les Mis begins with Valjean (hence the title "look down")...yep we walked through the old port.
Notre Dame de la Garde Marseille has the best view of the entire city. As you can tell.
(Nativity scene within the cathedral)
Cathédrale de la Major is neat with it's stripes.
Since we only had a few hours we had to go from one place to the next rather quickly. It was nice to drive along the coast with the windows down. Marseille wasn't originally in our plans so it was a nice surprise to visit it with some locals.
p.s. I hated seeing the graffiti all over these cathedrals.
This happened in not just Marseille but almost every other city we visited. Booo.
