Marseille and Provence with a French Expat, Episode 118
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2016
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
On today's show we go to Marseille and Provence with a French Expat, Isabelle Hall, who has been living in Texas for a long time, but grew up in Provence and knows it like the back of her hand! If you like this episode, you will also probably like episode 66 on Arles, episode 65 on the Pont du Gard, and episode 33 on Aix-en-Provence. At the end of the show [1'07"] I also answer a question from a listener about whether to book your SNCF train tickets in advance or not.
Places Mentioned in this Episode: Marseille, Corniche, Calanques, Sausset-les-Pins, Carry-le-Rouet, Venise Provençale, Martigues, Château d’If, Iles du Frioul, Cassis, Vieux Port, Canebière, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, Baux-de-Provence, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Aix-en-Provence.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's join us in France a trip report on Marseille and Provence with a French |
| 0:06.3 | expat who knows Provence like the back of her hand. And. Oh, This is join us in France episode 118. |
| 0:45.0 | Hello, I'm Annie and join us in France is the place where I tell you about my travels and discovery of France and I also interview other people who visit France. |
| 0:55.6 | I love France. I was born and raised here. I live in France but in my early 20s I left France |
| 1:01.4 | to go live in the UK for two years and then the US for 18 years |
| 1:05.6 | So I am rediscovering my own country and I want to help you understand France better |
| 1:11.6 | At least the way I see France. |
| 1:15.0 | If you like this episode, you will also probably like episode 66 on Arla, |
| 1:21.3 | episode 65 on the Pondugar, episode 33 on Xant Provence, as well as many trip reports that talk |
| 1:31.1 | about Provence, use the search box on the website, folks, it's full of information. |
| 1:38.0 | And as always for show notes and photos, and if you can't understand some of the words I'm saying in |
| 1:44.5 | French and would like to see them written down go to join us in France.com |
| 1:49.5 | forward slash the number 118. |
| 1:54.7 | And on today's show at the very end I'll also be answering a question from a listener about |
| 2:00.7 | whether to book your train tickets in advance or not. |
| 2:05.0 | Well, it's early August and I have been going around France several places that I'll tell you |
| 2:12.3 | about in upcoming episodes and right now I'm |
| 2:15.7 | recording from Spain actually and the weather has been gorgeous it has been |
| 2:20.9 | absolutely fantastic. |
| 2:23.0 | Travel is such a great way to find yourself again and find what you enjoy so much about life, |
| 2:31.0 | rather than the whole home of every day. Anyway, let's talk about Marseille and Provence with my good friend |
| 2:36.9 | Isabel Hall. She is a French expat. She lives in Texas, we met in college years and years ago in the US, and we have been |
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