I spent my last day in Marseille see­ing Notre-Dame de la Garde which sits on the top of the high­est hill around and had some ter­rific views of the city. To get up there, my brother and I walked up some pretty steep, San Francisco-like streets.

The tower of Notre-Dame de la Garde is capped by a colos­sal statue of the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus.

The inte­rior had some amaz­ing mosaics on the wall. It was a tremen­dous effect when com­bined with the striped stonework.

The views over the city and out to the Frioul Islands were ter­rific. You def­i­nitely get a sense of how Marseille is the sec­ond largest city in France.

After that I headed up to the Palais Longchamp to hang out in the park and read for a bit. Both muse­ums were closed, one for ren­o­va­tion the other because it was Monday, but the park was nice.