Strasbourg

Strasbourg was a great place to spend our last days in France as it provided us a great transition between France and Germany.  Strasbourg has gone back and forth between France and Germany so many times that although it is now part of France, it maintains a strong connection to Germany.  

Jasmine taking advantage of a photo op.

Headquarters for the European Council.

Enjoying a river cruise.

Strasbourg's cathedral.

Picnic supper 

Walking to the train station and heading to Germany!

Marseille

We walked out of the train station after a 6 hour train ride and felt like we were in a different country.  The sun was hot, the ocean was blue and there was an energy in the air that we had not felt since Pairs.  We quickly found our hotel, put our bathing suits on and wandered down the road toward the ocean in the search of a beach.  

We first stumbled upon the old port where we stopped to take some photos.  The port is more than 2000 years old.

We walked for another few minutes and found what we were looking for - a beach!

We finally found a beach where we swam in the Mediterannean.  

We noticed some interesting islands just off the shore of Marseille so we decided to take a boat trip the next day.  The island was gorgeous and we discovered several small beaches that only a few other people had also discovered!

At the old port in Marseille there was a huge mirror that provided a shady area for the tourists.  Everybody was looking straight up taking photos of themselves.

After only two nights in Marseille we headed back to the train station and boarded the train to Strasbourg, the last stop on the French portion of our journey.