Uncle Clarke and
Cathryn come to visit.
On Sunday 19th June
the newly engaged couple, Uncle Clarke and Cathryn came to visit. Karl and I
went to the train station to meet them as they arrived on the 11.55am train
from Paris. We then headed down to the metro for the short ride home and the
walk along Vieux port. On the weekends the tourists descend on Vieux port and
the euro 2016 is increasing these numbers, so it is pretty busy. We dropped the
bags off and had a quick lunch and then we went for a stroll around our area.
We showed them Fort Jean, Cathedral la Major and the la pannier district. Karl
is a great tour guide, he retains so much information! We stopped by a couple
of local bars to sample the local beer, Cagole and local aperitif pastis.
We then headed home for dinner and a good ole catch up. Later in the evening we popped down to Vieux port too see if the jazz band was playing, however it was not so we popped up to our local square/bar area to have a drink and watch France play in Euro 2016.
On Monday Karl headed
off to work and when we were ready we caught local bus 60 up to the most famous
site in Marseille, the Notre Dame De la Gard. The bus ride itself is an
experience in itself. The roads are steep, winding and narrow and the bus
drivers think they are in a race.........it is crazy! We explored the cathedral
with Lachlan being tour guide and information provider..........it was then
time to catch the bus home and get ready to hit the beach.
Cathryn and the kids - Euro 2016.........................
Inside the cathedral
Mum and Connor decided
to give the beach a miss, so me, Loks, Clarke and Cathryn headed down to
catch the boat ferry to Point Rouge.
We love this 30 minute boat ride out to
the beach, seeing Marseille from the water is great. We had a nice refreshing swim
in the med (the water is still a bit cold, apparently it heats up to about 25
degrees next month....yay) and had a great time with the ball and just mucking
around. Clarke put his toes in (he says he went up to his ankles......) while
the rest of us went "real swimming". We're loving the weather in
Marseille........ After we were done at the beach we got ice creams and headed
to the bus to ride around the coast road home.
We arrived home around
the same time as Karl and had a catch up and then mum, Connor, Clarke and
Catheryn headed to the grocery store for supplies, we had dinner and an
evening of playing cards, 500 and euchre, the kids favourites......great family
fun. The kids also put on a little show!
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