Barefoot Blogger · Explore Reason to Visit Marseille for the Doors and Windows March 5, 2018After my first true visit to Marseille, I can’t say enough good things about the city. While I’m composing my thoughts for a post on the long weekend, I want to share some highlights: the doors and windows of Marseille. Marseille, the second largest city in France, is one of those places where photographers are …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities 24 hours in Marseille Une Nuit at Maison Empereur February 22, 2024Deciding to go to Marseille for 24 hours, one night, we landed on November 1st as the best date for our schedule, but it is La Toussaint (All Saints Day), a public holiday (jour férié) and a busy time. However, we were lucky: the place I wanted to stay was available, so we booked the …Continue Reading
Barefoot Blogger · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities Discovering that Marseille is for Foodies March 15, 2018Marseille wasn’t high on my list of places to visit. A weekend spent there to celebrate the birthday of a dear friend from Uzès totally changed my mind. On top of being an incredibly beautiful city with lovely, welcoming people, Marseille is for foodies like me. I’ve been to Marseille on several occasions. Continue reading …Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post · Villages Towns and Cities Aix-en-Provence’s Cours Mirabeau – the Fate of the Plane Trees April 27, 2018Having just returned to Aix after some weeks away, my second shock (after seeing the excavations in front of the Palais de Justice being filled in – inevitable I know) was to see the gaps in the Cours Mirabeau where plane trees had been. I had read about the ‘chancre coloré’ that had infested these …Continue Reading