At 8:37 this morning we took a two and a half hour train ride from Nice to Marseilles. We are staying at the Hotel Vertigo hostel which is conveniently located across the street from the Train Station. After checking into our hotel we began to explore the city. It is a bit grittier than Nice but is still nice in its own right. We walked through an outdoor food market and then began to
make our way down to Vieux Port Marseilles big port. The majority of the city is clustered around the port. The majority of the buildings are white and sort of a more cuibist style than the buildings in Nice. We stopped for lunch before reaching the port. From there we navigated the windy narrow streets of Le Panier the old area within Marseilles. We stopped to look at La Vielle Charite (the Old Charity. It was originally built during the 17th and 18th centuries by the architects Pierre and Jean Puget as a hospice for the homeless of Marseilles. It is made up of an egg domed Baroque chapel in surrounded by a collumed outer structure that houses Marseilles Museum of Medeteranian Archeology and Museum of African, Oceanic, and American Indian Art. After that we got a little lost but eventually found our way to the Cathedrale de la Nouvelle Major a beautiful neo-Byzanthine
structure built by Napoleon III in the 19th century. It is green and white stripped marble and topped with multiple domes and decorated inside and out in an incredibly ornate manner. On our way back to the hostel we stopped at Marseilles own Arch D'Triumph. After resting up for a bit we walked down to the Vieux Port to have dinner followed by ice cream and a miniature cup of esspresso. Tomorrow we'll see what else Marseilles has to offer.
make our way down to Vieux Port Marseilles big port. The majority of the city is clustered around the port. The majority of the buildings are white and sort of a more cuibist style than the buildings in Nice. We stopped for lunch before reaching the port. From there we navigated the windy narrow streets of Le Panier the old area within Marseilles. We stopped to look at La Vielle Charite (the Old Charity. It was originally built during the 17th and 18th centuries by the architects Pierre and Jean Puget as a hospice for the homeless of Marseilles. It is made up of an egg domed Baroque chapel in surrounded by a collumed outer structure that houses Marseilles Museum of Medeteranian Archeology and Museum of African, Oceanic, and American Indian Art. After that we got a little lost but eventually found our way to the Cathedrale de la Nouvelle Major a beautiful neo-Byzanthine 
structure built by Napoleon III in the 19th century. It is green and white stripped marble and topped with multiple domes and decorated inside and out in an incredibly ornate manner. On our way back to the hostel we stopped at Marseilles own Arch D'Triumph. After resting up for a bit we walked down to the Vieux Port to have dinner followed by ice cream and a miniature cup of esspresso. Tomorrow we'll see what else Marseilles has to offer.
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