I left today bright and early from Loïc's place at 9am. I arrived around 1pm even though the ride was only 45km long.
The ride over was filled with precarious situations. Marseilles as a city is terrible for bikes. There are no dedicated bike paths and getting out of the city is a nightmare. Following Google maps lead me onto a 4 lane Highway; by the time I realized I was already too far in. So i kept going and rode for another km with the rush hour traffic or and found an exit ramp. This detour took me up a straight incline and back down again. After about 1 hour of cursing the roads and pushing my bike I finally found my way back to the highway again. Now that I was out of Marseilles it was much calmer and the D5 turned back to something I am more familiar with - a semi highway.
I finally reached my couchsurfers place around 1pm. Gilles and Anne Marie are two newly retired physiotherapists who live in Martinque. They gave me a room all to myself and welcomed me with open arms.
Since it was still early in the day I decided to go to my favourite place - the beach. They gave me some scuba équipement to use to see the fishies. But I didn't have any time for that as I relaxed and read on the book.
Finally I came home and ate Ratatouille and home cooked pizza with my hosts.
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| last photo from Marseilles, the steps to Charles station |
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| ride over to Martigues |
Peace from Martinque.
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