In the footsteps of Rick Stein

Steve's ongoing love affair with Rick Stein was consummated yesterday with a bouillabaisse soup in Marseille.

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The soup was nice. Marseille was a dump.

It might be almost nice in late 2013 after they finish the roadworks that have taken over the entire 5km waterfront area.

And if they scrub the graffiti off.  (The photo was carefully framed to omit the roadworks, graffiti, crowds of people, street beggars and bumper to bumper traffic).

The graffiti over here is horrible.  It is invisible in some places (Switzerland, Austria) and ubiquitous in others (Italy, Germany).  On the train last week, we knew we had crossed the border from Austria into Germany because the railway stations were suddenly covered in graffiti.