Marseille has a very different vibe compared to Paris and Lyon. It's a bit more rough around the edges with some grit, which I like. Perfection is boring. I really enjoyed Le Panier. The Greeks first lived here in 600BC, which I think is around the last time the Leafs won a Cup. Tight, winding streets, lots of pinks, yellows, oranges. Quite picturesque. Click the images to make them bigger and to read descriptions:
Though it was cool, the highlights of Marseille were... not Marseille. There is a little beach-town outside of the city called Cassis. Charming with a couple nice beaches. Street after pastel-coloured street of winding cobblestones. Tough to take a bad picture, but I did my best.
After Cassis, we took another daytrip to Les Calanques - limestone fjords along the Mediterranean Coast. We hiked amongst the cliffs for a few hours, heading down towards the water where a dip in the ocean was our reward. Fantastic. Been missing the Vancouver waters a little bit and the Mediterranean is a pretty not bad substitute.
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