There is a new Museum in Marseille, the MuCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations). I didn't see the exhibitions yet but the architecture and the location are worth the visit. It's situated between the Old Harbor and the seaport near the Cathedral of La Major, with a view on the Pharo Palace and with an access by the Fort Saint Jean ( Read more... )

To be honest I'm not a big cycling fan. When I was a child my sister and my father spent hours in front of the TV watching the Tour, talking about cyclists during the dinner and I found that incredibly boring. Nowadays I watch this on TV but I'm not really interested by the cyclists, I watch it for the countryside and the occasional cultural ( Read more... )

During Antiquity Provence was a roman province for a long time. That's why there are cities possessing interesting vestiges (Arles, Nîmes, Vaison-la-Romaine...). One probably won't find impressive vestiges as arenas again but worthwhile things are still dug up. For exemple in 2007 in Rhones river near Arles people found pieces of statues. The ( Read more... )

I took them during the summer of 2011. I was in London for a week and I spent one day to Portsmouth to see that ship (all the historic dockyard is worth the journey).

( Here they are! )

I was in London last week. It was the first time  when I visited this city and I would return to it gladly! During my stay I went to Doctor Who Experience and that was brillant ( Read more... )

This time it is probably the last batch of photos of Marseille. So I chose to talk about Notre-Dame de la Garde, perhaps the most famous monument of the city.  It is also called "la Bonne Mère" (the Good Mother). It's a basilica built in the 19th century in the neo-byzantine style on the foundations on a fort from the Renaissance.

( The last but not the least )

Today I 'm going to show photos of several places, in particular a district called Le Panier (The Basket). It's an old and popular quarter and you can see it in the movie Love Actually when Colin Firth fetches the woman he loves.

( Colin Firth wuz here )

This time it's not exactly Marseille but If, the smallest island of the Frioul Archipelago about a mile offshore of the town. The island is famous because the main character of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was imprisoned here. The fortress was built between 1524 and 1531 during the reign of Francis I. It became a prison later.

( The Château d'If )

I'm going to London at the end of the month (can't wait!) so I bought a camera. To test it I will take pictures of the town where I live. I hope you will  find that there are interesting places!

( Today, the Palais Longchamp )