Today, we headed down to Marseille on the TGV, the first time I've been able to ride the train of grand vitesse! It was a long day in this port city, and quite cold, but we had a great time seeing a good portion of the city.
First up, the long hike up a hill to visit Notre Dame de la Gare. I think we took out my poor mother's knees.
Then we headed down to the Vieux Port, for a bateau ride out to the Frioul Archipelago, a chain of four mostly uninhabited islands off the coast. Unfortunately, the tides prevented us from visiting Chateau d'If, made famous by Alexandre Dumas' novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
After quite a bit of more walking around, we took the metro up to Palais Longchamp, a beautiful but aging colananade built to welcome the Durance canal and fresh water to Marseille.
A long and sleepy TGV ride back to Lyon, and we called it a day.
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