This is near the stairs at the Marseille train station. 

The train station at Marseille is on a hill, and these are the stairs that lead down into the city.  

Captain USA, if you are listening...err, reading...I was thinking of you when I took this! If you want a physical copy, I can procure one for you. 

Wow, I've been doing a lot of not-posting. Well. I am back in the good ol' USA, and I still have a bunch of pictures to post. So. This photo is of the harbor in Marseilles. I took it when a group of us were on our way to Aix-en-Provence for Hayley's birthday. We had to change trains in Marseilles, so we walked around for a while, got a sandwhich, stopped at a cafe where we were ignored by the staff, so we left and went to another cafe, where I had...a cafe. I really wanted to steal one of the spoons. It was shiny and heavy. But, my conscience got the better of me, and I didn't. Damn! I wish I had that spoon! 

Same place, dirty window, sun even lower. 

Same place, no train, sun lower. 

So, when you ride the train between Ales and Nimes, there is a changeover of tracks, so I usually end up sitting on a motionless train for 5-20 minutes. On my way back to Ales, sitting on the still train, I took this picture of a passing train. 

Another photo of Nimes, taken 3 weeks or a month later than the previous. This is the Colisseum. I was startled to find it here as I was walking about the confusing downtown area, but thought I'd take a picture because the light was pretty.