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马赛-立体的多民族地中海情调与优雅的法国文化的和谐兼容。

 

在马赛下车时还下着小雨，这个地中海沿岸的法国第二大城市从她的火车站开始就已经散发着她融合法国浪漫与多种文化交汇的独特气息。马赛的火车站是我在欧洲见过的最有品味，最干净的火车站，其本身室外的巨大雕像就足够的参观价值。室内的红色基调和灯光交织出来的柔和是如此让旅途疲惫的旅客们舒心愉悦。

 

出了火车站首先来到到车站附近的一处教堂，教堂没什么特别的地方，看了一眼随即转到了旁边的巷子里。很多露天小贩在卖各种蔬菜水果小吃鱼之类，其形象大家可以想象中国的菜市场周围变成欧洲建筑，然后小贩们也变成各种肤色的人。随即来到了马赛的港口。马赛是法国历史最悠久的城市，它被凯尔特人蹂躏过，然后又被古罗马征服。1792年法国大革命期间，马赛人高唱《莱茵河战歌》进军巴黎，激昂的歌声鼓舞着人们为自由而战。这首歌后来成为法国国歌，被称为《马赛曲》。

 

马赛的港口周围都是游客和饭店，远远的闻到新鲜的海水的味道，清爽的海风也夹杂着鱼的味道。因为海边就是露天的海鲜市场，很多游客驻足观客拍照。每次看到活蹦乱跳的海鲜，巨大的乌贼和扭动的鳗鱼，你都会不自觉的扫视周围的当地风味的饭店，也意味着马赛开始用她的食物征服你了，先留住你的胃再说。

 

 

在马赛码头买了张往返伊夫岛的船票（IF），坐上不大的油轮，转眼间便漂浮于海上。在大仲马的小说《基督山伯爵》中，基督山伯爵被关押的地方便是伊福岛上的伊福城。实际上这里是作为关押许多政治犯的监狱而使用的。因为船的摇摆，布满小贩游人帆船游艇和饭店的码头渐行渐远，扑面而来的是海风，远处山上的城堡，每一次船在浪花里的起伏，孩子们的欢笑还有逐渐加强的海风，都会让你陶醉在蓝天白云中，也意味着大仲马笔下的基督山伯爵在以他真实或者生动，浪漫或者惬意的方式或高或低的向我们漂了过来。

 

伊夫岛不大，甚至很小，很快就能走完。 但很难想象16世纪的人们是如何在荒芜人烟的小岛上修建的铜墙铁壁的堡垒，用做防卫马赛不被西班牙侵略，以及以后用做监狱，也因此海鸥们和一种偶然来到岛上的蜥蜴定居了下来。蜥蜴一直没有看见，海鸥们一直用他们不太听得懂的法语警告路过的人们这里是他们的地盘，不经意间路过的草地上两只的海鸥默契的守护者他们的蛋。城堡的墙上也写着"危险，海鸥处于发情期", 我觉得在高中也应该贴这样的标记，也许青少年犯罪会得以减少也说不定

 

本该12：45来接我们的船没来，我们多等了半个小时船才到，所以我有时间欣赏海浪拍打礁石，水里羞涩的鱼，浪漫的法国或意大利或西班牙游客适时或不适时浪漫或不浪漫的亲吻或爱抚。

 

我对旁边的英国人说"你能想象住在这个岛上几个月，每天钓鱼休闲吗？“ 他很不识时务的说 "我会闷死的“我对他说　“你会的”。

 

下午我爬到了圣母院的山顶，途中迷路被一位好心的来法国１０年的利比里亚女士搭救载我到了山口，所以才能一路爬上。圣母院庄严肃穆而有金碧辉煌，巨大的镶金玛丽亚抱着幼小的耶稣俯瞰整个马赛。我进去时他们正在做弥撒，有偿圣经的大家还一起读，在我听懂前就结束了，感觉很像催眠，其实宗教是最好的催眠。

 

在马赛逗留的时间很短，只有一天，所以感觉的文化气息有限，而且每次想起整个过程，人都会陶醉，也意味着我要move on了，虽然马赛并不算干净，也不是很多人说的那么乱，他的有色人种还是很多的，意味着他的感觉跟对法国的感觉很不一样，多住住也许是个很好的选择。

 

 

Marseille - natural combination of multi-ethnic Mediterranean ambience and elegance of French culture

 

When the bus arrived in Marseille, it was just about to stop raining. The fresh air seemed like a kind of nutrition, combined with the soft red light in the Marseille central station, you could feel a little drank or relaxed. Marseille station is the most romantic or conformable station that I have seen so far. It is small but classy and very clear, the main setting is red and with two floors to the street. Together with the sculpture outside, it is a piece of work worth visiting in itself. After a quick refreshing and breakfast, strolling down the street in a city with more than 2500 years of history, is like going to a disco after some drink or working out while listen to my mp4.

 

I first stopped in front of a cathedral or a church, I really couldn't tell much about it because it is just simple beautiful and common in Europe.

 

It did not take me too long to find the harbor area of Marseille, as I just walked down the hill. From a distance, you could already tell the direction of the harbor because you could just follow the smell of the sea, the freshness of the sea foods, and the direction of the strengthening sea window. Every time you see the sea and smell the smell, you will feel excited, which means you can really enjoy the sea from a deeper perspective and I think we all are related to the sea. The harbor was surrounded by restaurants and filled with tourists around the world.

 

It was fun watching the selling of the fishes because the eel fish or the octopus could move suddenly because they were so fresh and they were alive, which meant you could have a lot of fun being surprised. And it was quite a view by itself because it as very tradition and maybe was like this hundreds of years ago.

 

The IF island located 3.2 km from the harbor was a nice place to go. Built in 1524, it was supposed to be used as a defense against invaders to Marseille, and later used as a prison for knights against the government or pagans. The island was small and it didn’t take long for you to see it through, and everything was in French except a few brochures at the entrance, however it did not help non-French speakers much either. I saw the prison, the castle and the birds. The castle was claimed never to be conquered, but obviously seagulls already took the island into custody and threatening any approaching tourists with their heavy French ascent, and before I could understand I already saw the eggs in their nests.

The ship supposed to pick us up at 12:45, but it didn’t show up until 13:20, and I started to relax on one of the rocks by the castle and enjoying observing the romance of French or Italian or Spanish tourists kissing and touching each other.

 

In the afternoon, I went to Notte Dame, nested on top of Marseille overseeing the whole country. I had been to Notre Dame Paris, but this one was more beautiful, to my point of view. I went inside and attended a session and let myself bathed in the songs of the music and the Holy Bible though I only understood the word of "Amen". Religion is the best hypnosis anyway and going to a church is anchoring yourself again and again, and it is also cleansing of your soul.

 

Marseille is a beautiful city with a lot to offer, not like what my friends told me before, it is pretty safe and classy in a not French way. It surely is a place worth living for a while.