Marseille

One of the most southern citeis in France, just besides Nice and Cannes. Marseille is the second largest city in France and enjoys the reputation of being a great summer resort.

Last weekend me and Stefan the Canadian hit the sun after 3 hours of TGV train ride from Paris. It was a nice change from the rainy Paris weather as we were greeted by the warm sun light and clear skies.






The city is self is just as busy as Paris, so the first thing we did was heading for the sea. One of the most popular momument here is the Chateau d'If. It's a prison situated on an island just besides Marseille. It's actually the french authur Alexandre Dumas who wrote "The Count of Monte Cristo" who made it famous. In the novel the main character Dantès was thrown into jail in the prison in this castle.

The view of the castle from our ferry.



The view from the island is not bad. I wouldn't mind to be locked up there for a while.

You get the sea.



and the view.



Now lets go inside and live the experience.

How does it feel to be in a prison?



All locked up no escape.



Full view of the castle when leaving.



After getting back to the main land we explored the city, at the same time made our way to our hostel. The city offers every thing from

HOT beaches





to wooden crabs



to appetizing garbage cans



After a long day of train ride and sight seeing, we chilled on the beach until the sun went down. I don't think I will be able to get any work done if I live in this city though, just a bit too comfortable.