Marseilles

We met up with our new friend Jay on our way to France like we had planned and rode a series of trains to Marseilles. We also met up with Keian, another friend made in Barcelona, once we got to the train station in Marseilles. We all crammed into the McDonald's at the train station which seems to have become a standard operation. I hate to admit it but considering the euro saver menu is glorious and they have free wifi. Unfortunately, Keian had to split before our French Canadian girlies arrived to bring us to their dorm. Alex had given us an invitation to come visit the university she had been attending most of the year and stay with her while we were in Marseilles. She also offered to show us around and introduce us to a few of her friends she had made while she was taking classes at the Euromed School of Management. She was accompanied by her best friend Crystal who was going to be staying with us as well.

We all crammed into Alex’s dorm, which is only meant for one person. We managed to get five in there. They are not supposed to have guests stay in the dorms but fortunately for us, the managers we gone for the evening. Originally we were going to camp on the tennis courts out back and have a shindig out on the courts but Alex insisted we stay in her room. We hung out in the main kitchen with all of the remaining students and friends, chatting and dancing all night long.

The next day we had to do some sneaking around to keep clear of the mangers. Unfortunately, we had to pay for a room for the following nights. It wasn’t bad though considering it was only €25.00 for the five of us. Alex had our entire day planned out for us. She wanted to take us to the Calanques to meet up with the classmates again. This was the most beautiful place I had seen since being on this trip. It was quite the walk to get there but once we were half way down the mountainside we were presented with a breath-taking view. Once we reach the cliffs I couldn’t wait to throw my clothes off and jump in. There were several different heights you could jump off of and several spots to do it in. All of us jumped at least once. Everyone managed to cut themselves up somehow as well. Lots of sharp rocks. I jumped till my arms were black and blue. It was too much fun not to.























Afterwards we went back to the dorms to get showered up and headed downtown to hit up a bar. It took a while to find a place to accommodate the lot of us but we eventually did. I don’t remember the name of the bar but they put all 30 of us out on the patio. It was so much fun. We stayed till they closed up and caught a couple cabs back to the dorms.


Today Alex was not in a good mood. She had to get all of her things in order for her trip back o the Canada within a couple days time and had none of it done. We decided to go do some touristy things with Jay and Crystal while she got organized. We jumped on a bus and rode off to the pier area to catch another bus up to Notre Dame de la Garda. We spent a while looking out over the city. One thing I wish I would have seen up close was Chateau d'If from The Count of Monte Cristo but we had to get to the train station to reserve our train to Switzerland.






We spent the last evening with all of our new friends on the beach having a candle vigil in the sand. It was such an amazing night just sipping on wine and making more friends. I wish I could have stayed in that moment forever but we had to catch a train at 5 a.m. and still hadn’t packed our things yet. We left the beach and caught a bus filled with a bunch of drunken French guys singing their beloved drinking songs which was awesome to watch. Before we knew it we were already at the train station waiting for the doors to open so we could board the first train out of Marseilles. Swiss Alps… let’s do this.