Marseilles, the city of…

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Sun and beauty? Probably most of the time. But this weekend I went to visit for 3 days, and just as Murphy’s law prescribes, the conditions were anything but the norm. Starting Friday night to Monday afternoon, the rain was relentless, pouring “comme les vaches pissent” as the french like to say. By Monday morning, Astride’s family was starting to show effects of the depressant- occasionally glancing out at the window in hopes of seeing a glimpse of the sun.

Besides the Oregon-like climate, the garbage collectors were taking probably the worst strike in history, letting bags of putrid, bacteria growing trash moss over the sidewalks. Bien sur, the rain was of no help in alleviating the problem. Streams of muddied-trash filled streams flowed all throughout the area.

However, I did get to meet a well-known football player (soccer), whom we discovered by noticing a crowd of TV dudes following him.

Also got a glimpse of the sun Sunday afternoon for about 20 minutes before another storm came in.

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