Marseille, France – Saint Vincent de Paul Church – Reformed Church

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul This beautiful church, Saint Vincent de Paul, was another find as we explored the port city of Marseille. S, 🇫🇷

Marseille, France – Notre-Dame de la Garde

View of the city’s best known symbol, the Notre-Dame de la Garde cathedral. S, 🇫🇷

Marseille France – Gare de Marseille -Saint-Charles

After the Porte d’Aix, we came upon the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles, Marseille’s main railway and intercity bus station.  S, 🇫🇷

Marseille, France – Porte d’Aix

Porte d’Aix This triumphal arch, the Porte d’Aix was inspired by Roman triumphal arches and constructed between 1825-1839. It was a very cool find as we started making our way through the city. S, 🇫🇷 View From the Arch

Marseille, France – Arriving

South of France – Marseille Michael and I woke to the seaside view of the Mediterranean Sea at the port city of Marseille. After breakfast we took a shuttle bus from the ship into the middle of the city. S, 🇫🇷

Contamine-Sarzin, France – An Evening Of Traditional French Fine Dining

Michael’s niece, Cheryl took us to Hotel Restaurant Les Rochers for dinner.   This was a traditional french dining experience with dinner lasting over three hours and local cheese served after the main entree, before dessert.   Cheryl ordered for us, each entree a surprise. The servers paced the serving of the meal and the pouring of…

Contamine-Sarzin, France – Family Visit

On our drive back to Geneva, we enjoyed a one night stopover in France for a wonderful family visit with Michael’s niece Cheryl and her family.   Contamine-Sarzin is the home of her husband, where his family has lived for many generations. S, 🇫🇷

Paris, France – I Hope To See You Again, My Friend

Every Cliche is True Well, here I sit with a coffee, back home in the desert of Doha, Qatar where the sounds of the Muezzin’s call to prayer have replaced the sounds of Cathedral bells tolling across the heavens of Paris. I witnessed all the cliches I was aware of, of Paris: Qatari’s also love Paris,…