It was unbelievably stressful and we promise never to make those remarks again because it may not be that person fault, like this was not ours.
Eventually, we were on the bus and with the last few hours behind us we were slowly coming around to the realisation that we had another day in France AND we were going to be able to explore another city which we hadn’t even planned! Coming to the conclusion that not all cancelled flights need to be a downer, right? We watched the sunset as the coach drove to Marseille and we have to admit we were very excited.
Arriving in Marseille bus station after having been in the most beautiful coast towns for the last three days was slightly jarring. We hadn’t given any thought to it being a huge city. However, things always look better in the day so we swiftly jumped into a taxi and went to our accomodation.
We woke up the next day and all our troubles were behind us. The sun was shining, it was 25 degrees and we were in a new, exciting city. Thanks to the help of all our amazing Twitter and Instagram followers we already had a full day’s itinerary too! We headed out of the hotel and wandered down to the port. It was the biggest port we had seen our entire trip and although it didn’t have the mega-super yachts of Cannes or Monaco it had traditional wooden sailing boats which were ornate and simply beautiful.
After grabbing a quick breakfast due to limited Marseille exploring time we headed to the Notre Dame De La Garde which we had been told had some of the best views of Marseille. The people of social media were not wrong. After a pretty intense up hill walk with the sun beating down on us (you can get a bus from the port but we wanted to see as much of the city as possible) we arrived and it was breathtaking. You could actually see for miles and the Notre Dame De La Garde itself wasn’t too bad either.
The Notre Dame De La Garde has the most stunning ceiling covered in detailed paintings and quirky boats hanging down in all the corners. It was like no other church we had seen before. The people of Marseille had completely put their own individual stamp on it and we loved it.
Unfortunately, our time in Marseille was nearly up so we wandered back down towards the port nipping into little squares and a couple of boutique shops along the way wishing that we had more time to explore this city. When we were at the top of the Notre Dame De La Garde we saw the steeples and domes of other seemingly incredible church which we were longing to see close up and a maze of allies we wanted to explore. But, we ran back to the hotel and grabbed our bags – we weren’t missing another flight.
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