Marseille

If ever something did not live up to my expectations Marseille was that. Tenfold.
We barely navigated the city by car to find our hotel without causing a crash in the narrow streets surrounded by savage Vespas and kids on skateboards.
People did not care.
I was never scared to walk somewhere, but this place feels unsafe.
Plus: trash. Everywhere.
We arrived at the hotel after some hassle with the garage, and decided to only stay one and not three nights as we initially planned.
It's a pity, since we hoped we could stay and explore the area, but we felt more than unwelcome.
Regarding the circumstances people are living in like the ongoing housing crisis it makes sense zhat as a tourist taking up living space you are not treated with respect, but rather viewed as a threat.
Some more reading should have done the trick...
Anyway, since we only had 3 more full days left we made the decision to move up north.
After Marseille gave us more than enough urbanism in not even 24 hours Lyon was cancelled from the plans and up came Dijon.Read more