Tag: Marseille
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Behind the Photos XIII
Like my last edition of Behind the Photos, this one features family, which I think in is a nice and feel good tribute to my last sixteen days in The LPV (eeeeek!) and my last nineteen days of life in Europe as an expat (double eeeeek!). In August 2010, my Aunt, Uncle and mother popped over from…
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Top 10: My Favorite French Cities
[This list is made up of my favorite cities in France, it’s purely based on my opinion of places I’ve been to. That means that places I haven’t been to like Bordeaux, Brittany, and Toulouse, aren’t in the running. These cities are the first places that pop in my mind to show off when I have friends visiting…
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mama marseille
“You like running? You should come back in October and run from Marseille to Cassis with Honey Jr.“ This was The Husband talking to my friend Sarah’s husband, The Canadian, back in July when they were visiting. And you know what, The Canadian did. Last Saturday, we drove down to Marseille, checked into the super…
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staycation {part.7}
“Did you know Aix-en-Provence is known as the city of a thousand fountains?“ This was me getting my tour guide on as we drove into Aix. “A thousand fountains, really?“ This was The Husband doubting my superior tour guide knowledge. Now normally that would have bugged the bejeezus out of me, but due to The…
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Provence Lampoons Family Vacation: Part 1
A hot and sunny Marseille welcomed us last Friday. We brought my Aunt and Uncle to Notre-Dame de la Garde, because walking your 70 year old Irish Aunt and Uncle up a 154 meter hill with a bazillion steps in scorching south of France heat is always a good idea. (It is like a bazillion steps, I counted).…