Showday 12: Marseille

Today we arrived in my old town, Marseille well, not that old. The breakup still feels very fresh and emotional with Michael. The night before, I learned that our house in Marseille had been burglarized, and somehow the universe made it so I was just 20 minutes away from it. We started talking again, and I want to help as much as I can, but today was already going to be a lot. So, I warned the group that this city is very intense for me, full of emotions.

We were in my favorite neighborhood, Cours Julien, so I explained to everyone where to go.

When we arrived, we had to quickly unload the trailer on the street right next to some homeless people and, yes, a rotten dead rat. The bus had to turn around, and the trailer had to be turned by hand… only in Marseille, haha.

After that, we went inside, where the Season of Mist office had dropped off our merch restock for the tour. We were supposed to pick it up ourselves, but with the long drives and France being on strike again, this was such a helpful move from them!

There were over 20 boxes of restock, and we had to grind through them. We only counted the items we needed right away, and for the rest, we used the same numbers as a backup. We’ll slowly recount them later.

We did a full setup they’d never seen it that big before! Afterwards, I got to show Chloé around my favorite neighborhood, where even more thrift stores have popped up. We had ice cream at my favorite spot and took a little trip down memory lane.

During the day, I also saw Philippe and Julie from the French office. I was a bit nervous, but they comforted me with kind words.

The show itself was okay —not the biggest sales, but that was expected in Marseille. After the signing, we packed up and went to the bus.

Throughout the day, I was in on-and-off contact with Michael. The house is completely trashed… it’s insane. Why did it have to happen exactly when I was there?Read more