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WEEK TWO - MARSEILLES
In the second show of the series, Irma meets Daniel Vitaglione, author
of A Literary Guide to Provence, who reflects on the literature of Marseilles
and the south of France. Irma samples Marseilles' most famous fish dish
bouillabaisse, and enjoys dessert with the owners of the city's most exotic
chocolatière. In the footsteps of Mark Twain, she goes to the Chateau
d'If to discover where Alexandre Dumas set his classic novel The Count
of Monte Cristo.
Sociologist, editor of the journal Mediterranee and writer Kenneth Brown
dissects the huge mix of people in the city, and Irma finds out why Marseilles
is crazy about football, at the home team's club, and famous for fish,
with stallholders at the fishing market.
Test your knowledge of Marseilles by trying our Flash
quiz with picture clues. If you don’t have Flash you can
get it here
or try the standard
quiz.
"...we were in beautiful France
and absorbing its nature to the forgetfulness of everything else, and
coming to feel the happy romance of the thing in all its enchanting
delightfulness."
"These Marseillaises make Marseillaise hymns and Marseilles vests
and Marseilles soap for all the world, but they never sing their hymns
or wear their vests or wash with their soap themselves."
