8 Jan 2013

ON MY WAY TO MARSEILLE's AIRPORT



When my friend Claudie living in the South of France, drove me to the airport in Marseille I took the opportunity to take pictures out of the car, just to remember how beautiful this area is !



Rocks and mountains



against the blue sky



Driving on the highway



A glimpse of Marseille's suburbs





an industrial area



From far I could see Marseille's habor which dates from 600 BC, when Greek settlers landed Lacydon, a rocky Mediterranean cove, now the site of the Old Port of Marseille. In 1854 the Old Port had a capacity of between 1,000 and 1,200 ships. The 6 metre depth of the harbour, however, proved problematic for steamships later in the century; much deeper docks had to be constructed at La Joliette which I saw here. 







almost arrived at the airport



Last glimpse of the mediterian trees



and off I went to a completely different clima in a distance of only  1000 km (621 miles) !

18 comments:

  1. So glad you had that warm welcome and departure to sustain you during your winter months in Belgium.

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  2. Thanks for the drive to the Marseille's Airport. The harbour sure has a long history. That distance is the same as Brisbane to Sydney. At the moment Sydney has a heatwave and we are cooler, which s unusual. The heatwave is expected here tomorrow. Not looking forward to such high temps.

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  3. The scenery is beautiful and a small history lesson thrown, interesting.

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  4. Those blue skies are stunning.

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  5. A busy city there!Great pictures with AMAZING blue sky!
    Léia

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  6. Great view!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  7. Amazing blue skies and hope you had a wonderful respite in warmer climate ~

    A Creative Harbor) aka ArtMuseDog and Carol ^_^

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  8. Don't you just love how airports in warm climates always seem to be so much more welcoming than the ones up north? I know the one up here in Haugesund looks like an old school, including a floor of old lino!

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  9. I'm so glad you had such beautiful weather and blue, blue skies!! Terrific captures for the day and wonderful memories of a great trip!!

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  10. What I envy you most is that gorgeous blue sky. Here we see grey, nothing but grey.

    Happy New Year, Gattina.

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  11. My husbands Dad loved Marseille.

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  12. I am in love with those blue skies.

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  13. I see we are sharing Marseille's weather.

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  14. It sure looks like a nice place and it doesn't have snow like we do.

    Coffee is on.

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  15. mediterian trees look identical.

    The other long structure is it a bridge?

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  16. Such interesting bits of history and geography.... and those are some gorgeous drive-by photos. Beautiful place, must have been hard in a way to come home.

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  17. Yep, I so recognize that road! I know you had a great time at Claudie's and I hope it was not too difficult to come home again... Southern France really is gorgeous and one can truly understand why so many retire over there - even many Swedes.

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