Sunday July 21

Wandering And Beach

 

A lazy day today, but we still covered ground.  In the morning we went down around the Old Port area again, and looked around in shops that were open.  We had a small breakfast with pain au chocolat, juice and coffee.  Then we came home, changed, and tried to go to the Pointe Rouge beach from yesterday again.  It didn't work.  The bus that runs out there was not running.  The road was shut down for a triathalon being run.  So we improvised, and walked around the bend southward to a beach along the way called Plage du Prophete.  It was not quite as nice as Pointe Rouge, but was still nicer than Catalan.  After that, we came home to change.  Then we went down to a restaurant to take in two Marseille staples-we split an order of Bouillabaisse and  an order of Aioli.  We covered 18.46 km today, and have walked over 100 km in our first week.

Fish Market at Old Port

Plage du Prophete

A Ferry to Corsica Heads Out

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