unrealistic expectations

I thought it would be different here, I really did. I thought to myself ``ok Marseille is a big city, it has to be different right`` WRONG. Now you all might be wondering what I am talking about. I am talking about the lack of public toilets in France. I mean seriously! seriously! It is like the french have no concept of what a public toilet is. Today I went to a museum, while there I wanted to go to a toilet only to be told `non on a pas de toilet ici`` (no we don`t have toilets here). All this in a suprisecd `where does she think she is tone`. I am baffled...what I thought was just a small town quirck is actually nation wide

A dog came into a coffee shop today...it then started barking its head off. It still amazes me that they let dogs in coffee shops, but in anycase a lot of things in France amaze me...not just the lack of public toilets. Oh and for all the warnings I got about Marseille, I have yet to harrased in any form (except by people wanting to read passages of the bible to me) I find that in cases like these rattling off a string of english will get rid of them.

The museum was great, it had what I love ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome so I was in heaven, it took me a while to get there however. I was told at the tourist office that it would take half an hour max...took me about twice that,mainly due to the fact that once you get to the neighbourhood its very hard to find but I had fun walking around the quaint streets and stumbled across a cool cathedral until I found the museum.

That night I went out to dinner , I promised mum I would have bouilbasse but the weather had other ideas, due to the strong winds none of the boats had gone out. Since the restaurant I was in specialised in seafood they were only able to offer one dish to everyone, it was an entree of salad with pine nunts and then steak and chips with a very yummy pesto sauce and a creme brulee. It was I must say one of the best steaks I have ever had. I had it very rare and it was perfect...my teeth are hurting just thinking about it.

Vertigo hostel is great, I ended up in a room with a very nice girl called Fatima we went to coffee together and dinner and just walked around the port, the christmas market was on with its foire des santons and selling all christmas stuff. It still is not snowing here but I will be having a white christmas in Barcelonnette