Marseille by Train

We made it! The train was truncated, so there were only 9 cars, and we were booked on car 13.
hmm. Good thing French-speaking Ian was there to sort things out, lift our luggage and get us booked into new seats in car 3. The ride was picturesque and we arrived right on time at noon, just before some student protests on the tracks. Last week, during another strike, apparently, there were 250,000 French students protesting in the center of the city here. Whew!
Anyway, there is wireless in the building that I can pick up on, at least right now, so that is good. It's 6pm, and we're getting picked up shortly by a co-worker for dinner at their home.
I'll try to get on later tonight and post some pix.

until then,
Love,
gail