Western Mediterranean Cruise 9 Nights 11 Days Trip Day 3: Marseille

<a href="Marseille“>Marseille Cathedral

Travel Date: 2023.09.08 – 2023.09.18

Destinations: <a href="Marseille“>Marseille Cathedral, Vieille Charité, Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica, GLACIER BIO Le Metropole Vieux Port, La Tour de Pizz

Western Mediterranean Cruise 9 Nights 11 Days Trip Day 3

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After breakfast, let’s go!

Since the distance to <a href="Marseille“>Marseille city is quite far,

we took a shuttle bus from the pier!

<a href="Marseille“>Marseille Cathedral

Pl. de la Major, 13002 Marseille, <a href="France“>France

The shuttle bus dropped us off right in front of the <a href="Marseille“>Marseille Cathedral.

The top photo shows the view before climbing the stairs (under renovation).

The bottom photo is in front of the cathedral! 😊

Is this… <a href="France“>Marseille‘s <a href="Marseille“>Old Port..? 😮

Seeing famous Western tourist attractions and architecture in person,

I was overwhelmed by the sheer size.

Took a photo from a good spot on the side 📷

Galaxy’s wide-angle lens is too much!

The walk from <a href="Marseille“>Marseille Cathedral to the museum called Vieille Charité

seems to take less than 10 minutes on foot!

Vieille Charité

2 Rue de la Charité, 13002 Marseille, <a href="France“>France

Vieille Charité

The grandeur that cannot be captured in photos…

Entrance to the museum is paid.

Due to our schedule, we only looked around the outside and used the free restroom before leaving. ㅎ

Me, looking like an ant.

And me, thinking they zoomed in to take the photo.

Les Petits Trains de Marseille

2 Quai du Port, 13002 Marseille, <a href="France“>France

Les Petits Trains de Marseille

We took a tourist bus, like a little train, to get to Notre-Dame de la Garde!

Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica

Rue Fort du Sanctuaire, 13006 Marseille, <a href="France“>France

View from afar, from below!

Honestly, the exterior looks similar to the <a href="Marseille“>Marseille Cathedral ㅋ

Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica

However, the view from the top was spectacular.

Watching the video again, I vividly remember how I felt then.

Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica

Took a photo in front of the golden Virgin Mary statue ㅋ

I was so excited to visit a souvenir shop for the first time that

I didn’t take any interior photos lol.

I bought a magnet shaped like Notre-Dame Cathedral!

Since there was still some time before the next meeting, I just sat on the ground and rested 😎

The photos make it look fresh, but it was very hot…

We came back down on the little train and had a brief meeting at the meeting point with the mirrored ceiling.

<a href="Marseille“>Marseille sightseeing was only a half-day, so it ended quickly.

They explained that they would divide into groups to return to the ship and those who wanted to stay longer, but

everyone else went back to the ship except us. ㅎ

Noted the shuttle bus stop and bye!

GLACIER BIO Le Metropole Vieux Port

2 Pl. Gabriel Péri, 13001 Marseille, <a href="France“>France

Since we’re in Europe, we have to eat gelato ㅋ

Each had 2 flavors; from the left,

I think it was dark chocolate, mint, mango, and strawberry, and the flavors were very intense…

The dark chocolate was too intense and a bit chalky, with not enough sweetness, which was a shame.

The mint flavor was nowhere near the mint chocolate I’ve had in Korea ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Is this how anti-mint chocolate people feel? I wondered.

Still, I was still caught up in the travel excitement, so it was okay.

The shops here don’t turn on the air conditioning much, so the ice cream was

a bit melted, which was a shame. Is gelato always like this?

Just getting used to it little by little ㅋ

Since we bought ice cream, we also used the free restroom.

The mirror was pretty, so I just took a picture.

La Tour de Pizz

12 Cr Jean Ballard, 13001 Marseille, <a href="France“>France

Since we’re in Europe, we have to eat pizza 222

This place has a Google Maps rating of 4.8!

There were about 7 types of pizza.

We ordered Gorgonzola and a basic mushroom pizza whose name I don’t know.

It was the most delicious pizza I’ve had recently, and one slice was so big that I was very full.

(Even when folded in half, it was almost face-sized.)

We also ordered bottled beer, but when we asked for a recommendation, they didn’t seem to understand well,

so we just ordered one of each type 😂

I was very satisfied with the pizza, but some Italians in the Google reviews seemed quite unhappy.

Saw a flat peach in person for the first time 🍑

On the way back, I got a cute bottle opener from a souvenir shop!

This reminded me of Hu-chu……🥺

We returned to the place where we got off the shuttle bus earlier.

Looking back now, it was free admission, so I should have gone inside the <a href="Marseille“>Marseille Cathedral!!!

Costa Smeralda

After returning to the ship, I immediately showered and went to enjoy the dance program lol.

I danced along after taking the video.

They taught us from the very basic steps, so it was easy and fun.

Cruise internal tour with the tour leader.

This was optional, but surprisingly few people participated.

I participated because I needed to know what was where to enjoy it properly!!

(The photo above is a mini-museum inside the cruise ship)

Terrace (smoking area)

Perrier Bar

Michelin Restaurant

Luggage

And the square we were at earlier, we played there again

so the cruise guide left in the middle lol.

The second day’s dinner on the cruise was pre-arranged.

It was a paid Japanese restaurant, Teppanyaki, provided by Lotte Tour.

They even provided a translated menu, so we chose in advance!!

Appetizer and main ingredients!

They looked so good, as if they were sprinkled with water, I couldn’t help but take a picture.

Teppanyaki

It varies slightly from one grill to another,

but eventually, the guests became one with “We Will Rock You” 🤟😎🤟

It was very loud and fun, so I couldn’t capture it on video lol.

In the middle, we played a game of catching fried rice eggs thrown at us, and it was hilarious.

It’s nothing special, but why is it so funny?

Teppanyaki

Among the main dishes, the shrimp was the most delicious (video).

I’m not usually a big fan of Japanese food,

but the beef and squid were too salty…

No one ate the chicken, so I couldn’t taste it.

I ate all the shrimp! 🦐👍

But then the dessert was too sweet lol.

Limit of 50 euros per person per day! Set a budget and play.

It was my first time at a casino, so I was nervous and exchanged for 10 chips of 5 euros each lol.

There were so many types of slot machines,

but since I didn’t know the rules well, I just became a button-pressing bot 🦾🦿

Costa Smeralda

On the way to another show, I briefly watched a show at the Colosseo Lounge.

Costa Smeralda

I saw this from the middle, so I don’t really know what it is,

Costa Smeralda

Actually, this too…

The only song I knew during the performance was “Thriller,”

but the video was too long, so I didn’t upload it lol.

But for over an hour of performance, they changed costumes rapidly

and one team performed everything… It was incredibly cool.. 👍

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