Notre-Dame de la Garde Church

Finally I went to the Notre-Dame de la Garde church, the most famous place in Marseille as it can be seen almost from anywhere in the city. It's a very beautiful church which is full of tourists. From up above you can have a magical view of the whole city underneath.

Inside the Notre-Dame de la Garde church

Inside the Notre-Dame de la Garde church

A tourist taking a picture in the Notre-Dame de la Garde church

The view of Marseille from the Notre-Dame de la Garde church

Palais Longchamp

I went with Laila to Palais Longchamp. It's a very big beautiful park with fountains and water everywhere. Renaud told me before that it was built to celebrate the entrance of water to Marseille. 

We wanted to go to the art museum but we were told that it is under construction and it will be available by 2013; the year which Marseille will be the capital city of culture in Europe. We went to the natural history museum instead which was very interesting with all these dead animals that feel so alive.

Le Calanques

On Saturday I spent a touristic day as I met Mohamed Youssef at the vieux port. There we so many tourists over there and there were markets for fish and flowers. It's very common to see a fish market but to see a flowers one.. this is new to me.

A man selling flowers in the vieux port

I've always wanted to see those who sing in the streets for money. I saw them a lot in movies but we don't have such thing in Egypt so I was really happy to finally see one in the vieux port.

A man singing in the vieux port on Saturday

I rode the "le calanques" although the weather was really cold. I was expecting to listen to some english but instead the whole commentary was in French during the long trip which made me think if this trip is originally made for tourists how come it's only in French !!

Houses with no electricity and fresh water

Mountain Climbing

One of the many things I noticed about Marseille is the changing weather. It was very cold that day but in few moments it could be sunny and then it was very cloudy.

Changing weather in Marseille

Marseille at night :)

I went in the second day to "Saint-Jean" citadel with Mohamed Youssef to see an exhibition that I can't remember its name. Then he showed me some of the city at night. I was really shocked to know that everything is closed at 7 p.m. even the public transportations. In Egypt we start going out at 7 p.m :) My dad told me about this as he used to live here long time ago but I didn't believe him. I told him that things must have changed but I guess he was right. 

Mohamed showed the Vieux Port or the old harbor which is considered one of the very famous touristic places. Then we walked all the way to where I'm staying passing by the La Canebière street and this very beautiful building Palais Longchamp. Mohamed also showed the market where I can buy my grocery and "halal" meat and chicken. I never really thought of this "halal" thing before as in Egypt all the meat and chicken are "halal". It's really hard to check every food u buy or you eat in a restaurant. That's why fish is the safest choice :)

Vieux Port with Notre-Dame de la Garde Church in the background

La Canebière Street

Palais Longchamp