Nouvelle escapade nature, cette fois ci, au large, aux Iles du Frioul. On prend le bateau, et passons l’après midi arpentant une partie des îles : petites criques, chemin rocailleux, admirons les petits goélands a peine nés. On « rôtit » au soleil, le vent est tombé, il commence enfin a faire chaud.

La vue sur la cité phocéenne est magnifique… surtout avec l’orage qui monte, la luminosité est superbe.

On apprécie le dernier jour a Marseille, en plus, en plus accompagnés par Christine.

Just in front of the city, in the bay, there are 3 small islands, “les iles du Frioul”. On one of them, the smallest one, you can find the “Chateau d’If” the prison-castle famous because of the Monte Cristo novel “the man in the iron mask”, written by Alexandre Dumas.

The two other one had two forts to protect the bay (nowadays in ruins). There is also a dike between them, built in the 19^th century to create a wharf. The yellow fever in America forced the authorities to put the boats in quarantine away from the main land.

We spent the day walking around, under the sun and finally a bit of heat, in front of a spectacular view over Marseille.

A really beautiful last day here.