June 5

Yesterday the adventure took the group to Marseille...The drive was about two and a half hours so quite the roadtrip (there's no French translation for that so English prevails!) Marseille is significantly bigger than Montpellier and is decorated by the blue Mediterranean waters which leaves some things to be desired in Montpellier's city layout. We started our tour at a Cathedral which marks the highest point in the hilly city and which gave us a 360 view of the sprawling ville. It was quite windy so photos weren't at their prime but the beautiful day and scenery made it worth it. After we took in the view we headed to a all you can eat buffet but French style which means the plates are smaller but the food 100x more delicious, my best discovery was a baguette with brie and honey (10/10 recommend no matter where you are in the world!) We then went to the History of Mediterranean Cultures museum which has a fabulous layout as it is constructed on it's own little private island. We looked at the exhibits and were assigned to focus on one aspect of Mediterranean Immigration, I chose a modern piece "The weeping wall inside us all" signifying the mental and physical issues that arise with borders. All in all a great visit to Marseille but possibly too quick. Today is a bank holiday which means no school (hooray!) and which also means beach day! Loving the French mentality of all these Holidays... bonne journee!

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