Marseille is a huge city. We got in late-afternoon, when the heat was becoming bearable enough to walk outside, and wandered through the city a bit. Impressions: really loud, really dirty. Marseille is a port, with some wealthy areas and then just huge sprawling city for miles.We hiked up to the Basilique de Notre Dame de la Garde (you can see in the picture), 230 m above the city with an amazing view of the sea and the red rooftops. It was a hike, but definitely worth it.
Then we went down to the harbor, had dinner, wandered back to the train station to make our night train to Bordeaux. A few hours of sleep on the night train.
Bordeaux
We got in at 5:00 am...wandered through empty dark streets to the river Garonne, watched the sun rise above the water, and then dissappear behind dark clouds. We sat at a café for a while, enjoying a café crème, working at an impossible French sudoku, and watching people.
Below: drinking Bordeaux in Bordeaux during our midday picnic:
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