36 Hours in Marseille

HELLO WORLD WE ARE BACK!!!
Almost a month later back to blogging and sharing our experiences and food adventures! What a crazy month we have done so much and seen so much where to begin.

Well France was a struggle and before arriving I think Abby and I absolutely hated the country just because booking was so complicated and difficult, but that is a whole other story. In France we went to Marseille, Nice, and Monaco (Technically not France). Needless to say it is worth stopping by the South of France. Marseille is a small city (36 hours I think was more than enough). First night we just walked around to get a feeling of the city and after climbing a huge MOUNTAIN we made it to   Notre Damn of Marseille as well as had some delicious Kebabs...not really French but so worth it. After a long day of travelling something fast and comforting was well deserved.

The next morning was an early one because that night our hostel suggested going to the national park it was a semi hard hike but on the other side of this mountain we reaped the benefits of a spectacular view and an awesome day cliff jumping, eating Pain au chocolate, and wine. Cause WINE NOT!!

 When we showed up it was empty with the exception of a Belgian girl and her cousin. We also met a wonderful Brazilian girl on the bus who ended staying in the same hostel and room as us. It was just one of those crazy coincidences.

Overall Marseille was worth the 36 hours we got to meet a ton of people and swim in the Mediterranean, who can complain?!

So here are our recommendations: 

Hostels: 

Vertigo Vieux-Port, Marseille, France 

Hellomarseille Marseille

National park: 

Calenque  De Sugiton 

Our Spanish food experience.

We have died and gone to heaven.
The food in Spain has been so amazing. We have made it almost mandatory to eat jamon (Spanish cured ham) with every single meal. It is everywhere here: shops, markets, restaurants just hanging from the ceiling. We have decided to bring it back to the states as a new decorating trend.

Here are a few of our favorite food that we have tried during our first 12 days of our euro trip!

TAPAS!!!

We have had an awesome time stumbling into little tapas restaurants all over Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona.

Patatas bravas: crispy potatoes with spicy tomato sauce


The bikini: the best grilled cheese in the world. Truffles, jamon, and buffalo mozzarella from Tapas 24

The bomb: a meatball wrapped in mashed potatoes, coated and fried served with chipotle sauce and tons of garlic aoli

Croquettes: thick bechamel with jamon formed and the fried

Pan con tomates: grilled bread with tomato

Pixtos: the "tapas" native to Barcelona in the Catalan region of Spain

PAN COM TOMATE AND BIKINI

JAMON IBERICO

PATATAS BRAVAS

PAELLA

FIDEAU

SWEETS!!!

Fartons and horchata: a valencian specialty that are like extra crispy croissant cigars. They go perfectly with the horchata that is made from chufas (tigernuts) instead of rice like we have had back in Mexico.

Churros: crispy pate choux that you dip into hot chocolate sauce

Xiuxo: a traditional pastry from Barcelona. Custard is wrapped in doughnut dough, deep fried and rolled in sugar... It was amazing.