Marseilles, France

We took the Princess Shuttle into town, as the port is about 4 miles from town. We bought tickets for Petit Train Marseille (a little train that tourists can ride). We took it up to the Notre Dame de la Garde, which is at the top of a large hill. A bicyclist hung on to the side of our train to hitch a ride for a little bit. We wandered through this moderately sized cathedral and enjoyed the views of the city and the port.

We then returned on the train to Old Port. We walked to La Patissiere Des Marseille, where we each enjoyed a pastry.

We then walked to Musee de Histoire de Marseille. The two attendants we met at the start of the museum claimed not to speak English, but were able to communicate through limited words and hand signals that the museum was free, set up our audio guides, explained no drinks allowed, explained all of our bags needed to be placed in a locker, and explained photos were allowed as long as no flash was used. The museum was huge. Marswille is old, with evidence of habitation from 600 B.C. We enjoyed wandering through and seeing the Greek and Roman artifacts, including the ruins in the courtyard.

We then strolled around for food options. The crepe place we wanted to go to was closed. We found ice cream - Lori enjoyed raspberry (framboise), and Karl enjoyed lemon (citron).

We then headed to the pick up point for the shuttle. Along the way, we enjoyed the artwork painted in the walkways. Karl found a crepe place and had a ham and cheese crepe and a salted caramel crepe.

Cathedrale La Major was near where we needed to catch the shuttle back to the ship, so we ventured in for one last Marseille experience.

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