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Hello To Marseille!
We left Nice this morning after a yummy breakfast and a nice stroll on the promenade by the ocean. The sun was shining and the water was a perfect aqua- it was a beautiful day and we were sad to leave beautiful Nice. We walked to the train station and two and a half hours later we were in the second largest city in Paris. Marseilles is typically ignored by more visitors coming to the Provence and Southern France- it is actually the capital of Provence.. but because of its gritty persona, most people don’t come here. For the last few years Marseilles had been showing up in ‘up and coming’ places to visit- that is where I got the idea to visit this old city. It is old, a bit dirty.. it is a poor city but it is very charming indeed. People have described it as a ‘Naples’ or ‘Athens’.. I guess it kind of has that same feeling… we walked around in the old area- small windy streets, kids playing on the streets- it kind of reminded me of India… it actually felt like a grungier Rome..As we walked around, I found myself really liking this old charming city.
As we walked around, we found this little tapas place and decided to sit down for drink and some muchies….
Tapas
It was a combination of white anchovies with olives, potato and hummus… it was all delicious, especially with a yummy glass of Rose. We finished and continued walking and came to the newer part of the city where we encountered a very beautiful square with lots of restaurants and people walking around.. it was near by where we found a tiny little restaurant serving pizza- turns out Marseilles in known for its pizza. The restaurant opened at 8, so we walked around some more and finally sat down for some more Rose and some pizza. I had one with anchovies and olives- it was an anchovy kind of day!!!
Anchovy Pizza
Creme Caramel
I was super full after the pizza and some salad but when I saw the creme caramel on the menu, I had to have it!! Well, it was worth it… the dessert was yummy… so glad I had it…
We walked back, really tired from the long day and started planning the what we will do tomorrow….
Tuscany- Day Four- Castiglione della Pescaia
Day four was a lovely visit to a coastal town in Tuscany called Castiglione della Pescaia. We started to research the night before where to go and decided it should be a somewhere near the ocean. I was envisioning a seaside shack serving delicious seafood and wine. We got to this lovely, little coast town with beautiful turquoise water as far as the eye could see. We parked on the outskirts of the town and started to walk by the water. Very quickly we started to pass water side restaurants with beautiful views.
We decided on one, randomly.. well, actually some of us needed to use the facilities and were not willing walk any further. We sat down and were greeted by very friendly restaurant owners- they spent a significant amount of time translating the menu for us. We decided on some fried seafood consisting of shrimp and calamari. We enjoyed a big salad and pappardelle with mixed seafood, grilled vegetables and two whole fishes. The food was delicious and absolutely fresh. We washed it down with the most amazing sparkling white wine. It was a perfect afternoon.
Fried Seafood
Seafood Pappardelle
Grilled Vegetables
Whole Fish
We headed back to the villa- had a few hours to enjoy the pool. Before we knew it, we were headed to a local farm to table restaurant. We started with a local Chianti, a delicious salad. I enjoyed a plate of cinghale (wild boar) cooked for hours in tomato sauce. It was tender and was falling off the bone. The highlight was definitely the desserts- specifically the creme caramel, creme brûlée…
Cinghale (Wild Boar)
Gnocchi Pomodoro
Pineapple Tiramisu
The creme brûlée was very different than what we were used to. It didn’t have the hard crust on the top- there was sugar sprinkled on top with some kind of liquor which was flambéed. It was creamy and absolutely delicious..