Day five in France. We are still in Marseille and woke up a bit late, probably because Rachel and I stayed up so late chit chatting. Regardless, we are on vacation and so it really didn't matter than much. We did some super awesome things this day. It was super fantastic since we had a tour guide to show us around. The first thing that we did was walk to a local street market. There were a ton of vendors and people shopping.
After 'window' (without the window) shopping, we took off to the oldest soap maker in Marseille. It was a small little store with a ton of soap. We bought some and it is super wonderful. According to Rachel, it lasts forever. From there we headed down to the water and saw an awesome church and took the following pictures in front of the doors.
From here, we took a short walk and this was the view:
How awesome is that view. It is quite a port, with Notre Dame de La Guarde in the background. This is a closer view of the church:
From here, we ate lunch overlooking the water, walked down to the port and jumped on a boat and went out the Les Iles, an island just outside of Marseille. It was really very cool. See for yourself:
We took some time on the island and just hung out. It was so relaxing and wonderful. From the island we headed back and Rachel's boyfriend picked us up in his VW and drove us back to Rachel's apartment. We changed, packed (cause we weren't staying there that night) and took off to dinner. Rachel and David had booked a very 'Marseilles' dinner for us as one of the most well known restaurants in the city called Le Rhul. Marseilles is well known for their bouillabaisse (fish soup) and seafood. It is on the Mediterranean after all. Here is the view from the restaurant and us:
I felt that it was necessary to order the bouillabaisse. They gave me a bib:
Interestingly enough, they gave Rachel and David a bib because of their messy meals:
And Nicole got salt crusted fish:
And then we hit the highway and fell asleep at David's.
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