Getting better

Marseilles exploration

15.05.2011 - 15.05.2011 15 °C

This morning we breakfasted in style in the hotel dining room.. yuuum croissants!!
We changed some train tickets at the station then headed off on foot to the Old Port area. mush quieter on the streets today - Sunday
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We decided to take a "mini train" tour from the old port area up to the Basilica Our Lady of the Gard - "Notre Dame" which one can see high on a hilltop. The "train" took almost an hour to wind its way along the waterfront streets, providing magnificent views of the town - especially the islands - "Count of Monte Cristo" . We stopped for 30 mins at the Basilica --
But there was a gale-force wind so we had to be VERY careful climbing steps and clinging tightly to railings!
We were rewarded with a magnificent Church interior..