In October we went to Marseille to visit Greg's family. It was very nice of Greg´s father and his dear wife Marli to invite us to their house and to buy us a fly ticket. And Greg had the opportunity to be with his brother. Was our first time in this town. I know many places in France but I never went to Marseille before. For some reason it didn't look like France to me! Is a multicultural city, the traffic is chaotic, I didn't find it a pretty place and the streets are very destroyed and dirty. Okay, okay... I did like a few things! The people were very lovely, truly friendly, always ready for a smile. It had lovely food markets from other cultures and I love that. My little men loved the banana juice from a Arabic market! It isn't an expensive place. Have many vintage markets and apparently many vintage shops, although I didn't had the opportunity to "vintage hunt". It has Marseille soap and everything - what do you want more?! :O) Well, one thing that upset me was the fact that many museums were shut. And the one that I was particularly interested in was closed for a long time and it will only open next year - Museum Cantini. This museum has a permanent collection with paintings from around 1907 to 1941, from Fauvism, pre-Cubism, Cubism, Purism, Surrealism. What a shame I've missed it. But I had a tempting invitation from a lovely lady from England, she said "come to London! Everything is open!" :O)
Em Outubro, fomos a Marselha visitar a família do Greg. Foi muito gentil da parte do pai do Greg e da sua querida esposa em nos convidarem para sua casa e nos oferecerem um bilhete de avião. E o Greg teve oportunidade de estar com o irmão. Foi a nossa primeira vez nesta cidade. Conheço muitos lugares em França mas nunca tinha estado em Marselha antes. Por alguma razão não me pareceu França! É uma cidade multicultural, com trânsito caótico, não achei muito bonito e as ruas estavam muito destruídas e sujas. Ok, ok... gostei de algumas coisas, tá! As pessoas são uns amores, muito simpáticas e sempres prontas para um sorriso. Tinha mercados de outras culturas e eu amo isso. O meu petiz perdeu-se de amores com o sumo de banana do mercado árabe! Não é um lugar caro. Acontecem muitas feiras vintage e aparentemente tem muitas lojinhas vintage, embora eu não tenha tido oportunidade de explorar e ir a "caça de tesouros". Tem sabão de Marselha e tudo! O que é que vocês querem mais?! :O) Bem, uma coisa que me aborreceu, foi o facto de muitos museus se encontrarem fechados ao público. E o museu que eu estava particularmente interessada em visitar estava fechado há já bastante tempo e só volta a reabrir portas para o próximo ano - Museu Cantini. Este museu tem uma coleção permanente com pinturas desde 1907 a 1941, desde Fauvismo, pré-Cubismo, Cubismo, Purismo e Surrealismo. Que pena ter perdido. Mas tive um convite tentador de uma senhora inglesa, que disse. "Venham a Londres! Está tudo aberto!" :O)
Happy family... although they look very serious :o) |
We went up to see the Basilica Notre Dame de La Garde |
Inside of the Basilica everything shine, the byzantine mosaics were very pretty. |
Beautiful view over town from the Basilica |
Down town had a pretty Marina |
This shop was full of yummy things in pretty parcels. I loved the vintage propaganda! |
One of my favourites - the vintage carousel! |
My little men was very upset when we walked away from this fun piece.
Has you can see, I wear a lot my first sewn skirt! I need another one ;o) |
In front of the Marina had this huge mirror. When we look up gives the impression of being in water |
Bye Bye Marseille! See you next time... and this time, with time ;o)
Adeus Marselha! Até para a próxima... e desta vez, com tempo ;o)
Au revoir! Et bon chance :)
Miss Beta
Olá Beta! Sua família é muito bonita ^_^ ... que fotos maravilhosas!
ReplyDeleteEspero que um dia eu também possa conhecer alguns países, incluindo a França e poder visitar várias cidades lindas como essa. =)
Beijos, Pri
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Minha querida amiga. Os teus comentários sempre me fazem sorrir! Espero que sim, que um dia pises neste lado do Oceano e que venhas conhecer Lisboa que é uma cidade histórica muito especial! Estarei cá para te receber ;-)
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Miss Beta
Sweet Beta, what a beautiful corner of the world you got to visit. It looks like a very historically rich area, which (perhaps not surprisingly :)) always speaks deeply to me. I love the shots of you three all together. It's marvelous to be able to put a face to your dear husband now. I'm thrilled that you were able to get away for a trip this autumn, too (as we were, I mean), and hope that the rest of 2014 and beyond will continue to be as lovely as this holiday was.
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♥ Jessica
My dear friend, thank you so much for your wonderful comment. Yeah! I also loved so much to see the faces of your dear family members from Halloween day! :)
DeleteYes, one thing that I love so much in Europe is all historical places around. Makes everything very interesting! I'm glad we could make this travel in the end, because we didn´t know till the last minute. The little men was with Varicela! :o)
Many, many, hugs from me,
Miss Beta
Beautiful photos! It looks like a lovely trip. The vintage carousel looks absolutely incredible - I adore carousels!!
ReplyDeleteDear Tanith, indeed, traveling is always good. It was for very short time but we could see some really pretty things. And like you, I was enchanted to find this beautiful old carousel! It was amazing that still worked. We were taking photos and suddenly it did light its lights and began to move! :) Wow!
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