Last Friday (4th April) I went out for lunch with Angéline and her mum. We went to La Galiotte and I had brousse pasta followed by chocolat fondant. Delicious. In the afternoon Philippa arrived. I went to Saint Charles to meet her. We went to Le Palais de Pharo and then to Café Simon for crepes sucrées.
On Saturday we went to Parc Borely and la Plage. It was really warm and sunny. In the afternoon we met Aimée at La Prefecture and went for a drink at La Folle Epoque. There was a manifestation about Les Droits des Hommes that was quite interesting. In the evening I went out with Les Restos du Coeur to feed the sans abris.
On Sunday morning we walked around Le Panier. It was beautifully warm and sunny. In the afternoon we walked from Le Palais du Pharo all the way to La Pointe Rouge. We stopped for a coffee and bought churros. We then wanted to get the bus 19 back from La Pointe Rouge to Avenue de Prado to save walking but we waited and waited and although there were number 19's going in the other direction there were none coming in our direction. Eventually we decided to walk. We picked up the number 83 at the Avenue de Prado and went back to la Joliette. After dinner we went to watch the OM Lyon match.
On Monday morning we went shopping and then had lunch at Café Simon. I had Bruschette and chocolate mousse for dessert. In the afternoon we went to Notre Dame de la Garde and then in the evening we went to Prado to watch the sun set. It had been another beautiful warm sunny day.
Tuesday's weather wasn't so good. We were supposed to be going walking with one of my teachers from Lycée but she called me to say the walk had been cancelled as it was cloudy and looked like it might rain. Instead we went to Le Palais Londchamp in the morning and then to Luminy and Les Calanques in the afternoon but it was misty, cloudy and cold. It rained a bit too. It cleared up and we went for a walk around Le Palais du Pharo later on.
Wednesday was a bit cloudy. We went to L'Abbaye Saint Victor in the morning and L'Estaque in the afternoon. It rained at L'Estaque. I've never known weather like it in Marseille. Two days one after the other where it's rained! Unimaginable! After L'Estaque we met Aimée for a coffee and then went out for a meal together.
Thursday was Philippa's last full day. The weather was back to being warm and sunny so we took the boat out to les Iles de Frioul. We were there for most of the day. It was incredibly windy but fun. We did a lot of walking. In the evening we went down to the fort.
And then on Friday Philippa left and I did my shopping. The week's pictures will be uploaded shortly...
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- Gill
- I'm an ex-student. A vegetarian ex-student. A vegetarian ex-student who studied English Language and French at the University of Sussex in Brighton. I spent the 2007-8 academic year on my year abroad (in Marseille, France) which is when I started the blog. It was a way of keeping my family and friends back in England updated with what I was up to without racking up gigantic phone bills. I enjoyed my degree. I originally wanted to be an EFL Teacher, I even did the CELTA. I still get excited about grammar, about the present perfect continuous and phrasal verbs. But it's not a career I want to fall into. I love speaking French too and learning new words. Now I've finished my degree I miss my Student Discount. I miss my title of 'Student' too. I'm a Project Worker now, a far cry from an EFL teacher. I've swapped my international students for rough sleepers and my text books for substance misuse and harm minimisation leaflets. I've decided to stay in Brighton, for a while at least. I might do a Masters, you never know. But, at present, I'm quite happy being a Project Worker. I'd still like to travel mind, maybe teaching as I go. But we'll see - at present I'm just fine where I am.