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Woke to news of Bin Laden’s killing – a little unreal and I have to question the whole operation, not my job though, Noam Chomsky does it better. Headed off to the airport and home to Brussels – where Angie picked me up and we spent the afternoon filling the fridge and checking off to-dos from the ‘household operation’ list. Lots of computerey stuff to catch up on in the evening. Images are some leftovers from Marseille, shot from the car.
Second Calanque today – this time we headed out from Cassis’s Port Miou towards Port Pin – amazing wander along a path overlooking a small port and an arm out to the sea, ending at a small paradise beach, with hardly anyone around. Chilled there for a while enjoying the view and the smells. Stuck in major post-football-at-the-Vélodrome traffic on the way home, which is probably part of the Marseille experience. Last night here 
Packed in quite a lot today – My perfect hosts took me walking around a couple of really interesting (and photogenic) areas of Marseille. We ate pizza in the Arab neighbourhood, bustling with market stalls and colourful characters. Headed out to a calanque just within the city in the pm … we picked an easy one for Paul and took it quite chill – the view from the top was great, overlooking a little port on one side and various outcrops on the other. On the way back, Francois indulged me with some pretty funky jumping…
François took most of the day off, which is cool. Headed down to a complete find of a restaurant… We were the only people sitting on a little terrace overlooking one of Marseille’s beaches munching on super tasty food. Sat there for hours, enjoying the spot and burning! Took a small walk and cruised slowly back to their place. I’m quite sold on the Marseille lifestyle…
Francois met Aurélie and I for lunch on a cool little terrace under a big tree (I can’t remember the name now – some wordplay thing, very tasty). The three of us (that means with Paul not François), took the ferry to the Ile de Frioul, which is quite a strange place – lots of abandoned buildings (it used to be used by the military) and big white rocks tumbling into the sea… it feels quite wild which is a happy surprise as I expected it to be far more tourist-friendly (aka – a small disneyland) – there are a couple of lovely beaches and we sat just by one, chatting and enjoying the peace and quiet. I didn’t dare swim – the water is a still a little too cold.
