Well, I'm not overly impressed with Marseille. Maybe you gotta be into yachting to appreciate this place because as just a regular tourist, I did find much to do. The fort was closed. The other big church was OK to look at but, uh, seeing as it is Sunday, I didn't wanna do the tourist thing. This City History museum was A) NOT where the TI lady said it was and B) NOT open. The Roman Docks museum was free and almost worth it but since all the info was only available in French I can only guess what I was looking at. The Longchamps Palace is very nice architecture to look at but the Natural History museum housed inside is a waste of 4€. It's just a collection of stuffed animals (including tigers cubs!!! Where's PETA and the SPCA?) The Veille Charite had free part but most of the collections in that part were closed and a paid part that was for a temporary exhibit of paintings by Van Gogh and Monticelli. I paid extra to get the audio guide that explained for the undereducated such as myself what these two guys were doing together in Marseille (Van Gogh was influenced by Monticelli and Monticellie was a native son) and about the some of the paintings. It wasn't a hugh exhibit but it was nicely done. The rest of Marseille should take a page or two out of their playbook.
My next to last task of the day was to secure a seat on a train to Nice for tomorrow. That deed done I'm back at the hostel and thinking about seeing if anyone wants to learn how to juggle.
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