In stark contrast, the markets in Marseille were terrible and dirty! We went to Marseille for an afternoon trip right after lunch to check out the port city. It wasn't long till we realized that we had entered one of the largest, poorest, and dirtiest cities in France and possibly Europe. It was not fun going through the markets in Marseille because we're pretty sure there were people trying to sell drugs to us. But, the port was lovely. We even got to take a little ferry across the bay so we could say that we sailed on the Mediterranean! We then visited an ancient Abbey and then went to the big basilica on the top of a big hill that overlooks the bay and the rest of Marseille. The view was gorgeous, but the basilica was the most obnoxious thing ever. Either ancient, medieval, or just plain old building are restored to their original state so one can see how they looked with they were first erected, however this usually makes the building seem really fake. I mean, they redo all the painting, molding and such with modern techniques, and I personally that it misrepresents the original intent of the structure. Take a look at this pic to see if you think this paint job looks old at all...
As you can see though, the view from the church was fabulous.
This is the Abbey we visited that was very old (think the 10th century) and they had done of very minimal renovations so the building still seemed very reverent and calming.
Just some more for visual enjoyment.
It felt amazing outside that day as one can probably see, but we were glad to go back to Aix-en-Provence to have the amazing pizza and crepes!
More later. Bisous!!
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