Friday July 19

Longchamp Palace, Musée des Docks Romains, Beach Day


Today we got up, and caught a bus and the Metro to Longchamp Palace.  We walked around the park, and went into the Art Museum there.  After the art museum we sat up in the shade of the monument and had some sandwiches we'd picked up the day before at the grocery.  Then we walked back down the length of the Boulevard de la Libération to the Vieux Port where we went in the Musée des Docks Romains.  We also walked up to the Cathédrale de la Major, and down around the plaza by the MuCEM again.

Longchamp

Longchamp

The grotto where we had lunch

Cathédrale La Major

Musée des Docks Romains

Looking back at Cathedral from plaza near MuCEM



After coming home for a break from the heat, as it was a bit of a scorcher today, we went down to the Anse des Catalans beach and lazed for 3 hours reading.  We did manage to walk 11.48 km today.

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