A friend of mine came to visit me this weekend. Matt has been living in
Germany for almost 3 years and is about to move to Atlanta. He took the
train and rode his bike down to visit me. I showed him around Grenoble
some. On Friday I took him up to Annecy and we then went to Lake Leman
on the Swiss border. On Saturday we went to Marseille. It’s a very
interesting and diverse city. The ocean was beautiful, the sunset was
gorgeous. We did a little swimming, walked the coast, and saw a bit of
downtown.
We went to a nice restaurant, and got charged the ‘tourist tax’. We
were going to order from the menu but the waiter suggested the fish of
the day. These had been caught that morning, and we got to pick the
fish (still on ice). It looked great, and was a ton of food. We didn’t
ask how much it was, but even the most expensive menu item was about
$40. Well, ours was about $100 per plate! We knew we should have asked
about the price first, and I won’t make that mistake again. We got free
drinks, and the meal was great, but we still felt ripped off.
It was a great weekend overall. It's nice to have so much so close.
The plan for next weekend is to go to Paris to see the final stage of the
Tour de France.