Marseilles

We began touring Marseilles by having a sumptuous traditional fish bouillabaisse lunch, in one of the street side cafe's of Vieux Port. Then we headed towards "lles de Frioul" on a ferry to view the ancient maritime site. In the evening we rode the bus to Notre Dame de La Garde and sauntered on JFK blvd (That's right,JFK blvd!). We Came back to Vieux port, only to see the center totally shut down and people (intoxicated, ofcourse) were gathering to watch world cup(France Vs Portugal) on the big screen TV, setup right in the center of the port. We were off to NICE like any unsuspecting tourist and reached NICE at 12:30 AM. The Railway station in NICE closes at 12:30. So we were kicked out of the Station on to the roadside Taxi Stand.
To our horror,we realized, it would be a long long night!. France had just won the game against Portugal,gliding into World Cup finals and was celebrating the Victory. As a result, there was no Taxi serving the Station. The crowd was drunk & wild. All the phone calls for the Taxi went unanswered. There was a small queue for the taxi, waiting for over an hour. There was this one taxi that showed up couple hrs later and that was the only one serving the station that night. And when our turn came it was early in the morning! Until then, ladies and gentlemen,it was wine time ,with some swearing thrown in,which made the sweet rose wine, bitter!