night ferry Marseille/Bastia

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I m in Ajaccio now but the location option of the blog is not working at the moment:

In Carcassonne I found, never seen before, an ATM that switched into dutch after reading thedutch card.
Walked down to the railwaystation. Took the 12;09 to Montpellier and changed there to the train to Marseille. Airco in that train was not working and temperature went up to mid 40 degrees.

The route Carcassonne/Montpellier is a beautiful part; after Montpellier it becomes a bit dull

my reserved place in the very crowded train was already occupied by a young lady who explained in 1 sentence of about three minutes , in french, what she was doing at my seat; I explained in3 dutch words what I thought about it and she left very fast: Looked if I was the alien;

Took a taxi to the ferry terminal for the ferry to Corsica and I think Marseille is worth a visit; Beautifull churches and a huge demonstration with a lot of police; Next time I better stay a day or two;

The huge ferry with 10 decks was really international: All announcements were done in fast french so that they were sure only frenc could understand. Also the waiters refused to understand anything else untill I was peeling my kiwi with my swiss pockte knife and than all of a sudden he knew the word knife:

Slept in a big hall with comfort chairs; Only 20% of the space was occupied;

Arrived at Bastia around 7 o clock am and found with help of a sweet old lady the station not far from the north terminal. The stationmaster/ticketseller was so happy to seee an interrail card;It was in his Manual but never seen a real one: In corsica it does not mean free but 60% discount:

The ride of about 175 km with 33 stations to stop took about 4 hours: Arrived in Ajaccio 1 o clock in the afternoon:

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Photos

Marseille
the beautifull , probably cathedral, in Marseille

Pascal Paoli
The ferry Marseille - Bastia

Comments

[toos barto]

reisverslag
Hoi Bert, Leuk je reisverslag weer te kunnen volgen. Ik zag dat je nogal een poosje onderweg zal zijn dus voorlopig zien we elkaar niet (had het er kortgeleden nog met Wim over). Jammer dat je niet meer van Marseille hebt kunnen zien; wij waren er zaterdag twee weken geleden als laatste plaats tijdens onze cruise over de Middellandse Zee. Met een treintje een heel mooie rit gemaakt langs het water en toen naar boven de berg op waar de kerk Notre Dame de la Garde staat; prachtige kerk en schitterend uitzicht. In Ajaccio waren we vorig jaar ook tijdens een cruise; ook een mooie stad en je komt er uiteraard Napoleon tegen. Je zult vast nog veel moois zien; geniet er van! Groetjes, Toos

[Fred]

Napoleon
Ik denk dat het het mooiste eiland is van de middellandse zee. Hier zijn ze nog echt in de wolken met het kleine smeerlapje Napoleon.

[traintraveller]

reisverslag
Hallo Toos, Jullie komen ook overal met de cruises. In september bellen we en zien e elkaar , bij Wim,