Card mailed from the Intrepid on Aug 6th
Dear D. I met Daddy and have rented a car and are driving around the Marseille area. We have a Citroen 2CV which is really an incredible car. -- almost like a toy put together with rubber bands. Maybe we'll go swimming today. Love Mummy
Well I meant to have this ready for Bob to mail. He went on board ship this morning to get his pay. It is very hard to a) get anything written and b) to get it mailed when he is here. I wish I had had time to make outlines of places to go at the ports I was going to be at instead of just the ones he would visit, except of course that they change them and it wouldn't do me too much good to have an exhaustive list about Toulon (which was the original schedule) when we are not there but are in Marseilles.
Yesterday we rented a car ($5.00/day) and it is really a LITTLE car -- not height wise, it is about the same size as a VW and also has a roll-back top, but the interior finish has been put on with scotch tape and it drives like a golf cart. Bob says the engine is similar to a motorcycle or a lawn mower and he calculated that we get about 70 mpg. It is a Citroen 2CV [and the gear lever sticks out of the dashboard].
Car with Bob in turn-off
Anyway, we drove along the coast, thru fishing villages and Toulon and to St. Tropez and Ste. Maxime.
Looking back to city
Hill through window
Headland from the car
Street Market
Waterfront
Ruin on a hill
Headland from around the bay
Bay from bridge
St Tropez from chapel on the hill
St Tropez from chapel on the hill
Local farmhouse
Plaque: Premiere terre provencale liberee a l'aube du 15 Aout 1944 Par les F.F. I brigade des marures et des parachutistes de la 7th armee American qui y opere leur jonction
Bob lookin at the Citroen 2CV in disbelief
We bought a loaf of French bread and some cheese and meringues and orange soda and had lunch by the wayside. We have been advised not to drink the water here in Marseille. There we stopped and had a swim. There was so much salt in the water that even Bob could float.
Public beach (plage) - No dogs
Beach San Rafael
Couple with baby
Then we drove back along the mountains -- in some places the pavement vanished altogether and once we met a logging truck and had to back down until we could find a place to pass.
View from high road
View from high road
Garage sign
Dear D. I met Daddy and have rented a car and are driving around the Marseille area. We have a Citroen 2CV which is really an incredible car. -- almost like a toy put together with rubber bands. Maybe we'll go swimming today. Love Mummy
August 5, Wednesday
Dear MotherWell I meant to have this ready for Bob to mail. He went on board ship this morning to get his pay. It is very hard to a) get anything written and b) to get it mailed when he is here. I wish I had had time to make outlines of places to go at the ports I was going to be at instead of just the ones he would visit, except of course that they change them and it wouldn't do me too much good to have an exhaustive list about Toulon (which was the original schedule) when we are not there but are in Marseilles.
Yesterday we rented a car ($5.00/day) and it is really a LITTLE car -- not height wise, it is about the same size as a VW and also has a roll-back top, but the interior finish has been put on with scotch tape and it drives like a golf cart. Bob says the engine is similar to a motorcycle or a lawn mower and he calculated that we get about 70 mpg. It is a Citroen 2CV [and the gear lever sticks out of the dashboard].
Car with Bob in turn-off
Anyway, we drove along the coast, thru fishing villages and Toulon and to St. Tropez and Ste. Maxime.
Looking back to city
Hill through window
Headland from the car
Street Market
Waterfront
Ruin on a hill
Headland from around the bay
Bay from bridge
St Tropez from chapel on the hill
St Tropez from chapel on the hill
Local farmhouse
Plaque: Premiere terre provencale liberee a l'aube du 15 Aout 1944 Par les F.F. I brigade des marures et des parachutistes de la 7th armee American qui y opere leur jonction
Bob lookin at the Citroen 2CV in disbelief
We bought a loaf of French bread and some cheese and meringues and orange soda and had lunch by the wayside. We have been advised not to drink the water here in Marseille. There we stopped and had a swim. There was so much salt in the water that even Bob could float.
Public beach (plage) - No dogs
Beach San Rafael
Couple with baby
Then we drove back along the mountains -- in some places the pavement vanished altogether and once we met a logging truck and had to back down until we could find a place to pass.
View from high road
View from high road
Garage sign
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