We spent a lovely 4 days with our friends Rosemary and Roy at the end of February, our first 2008 visitors of many, we hope. During their stay, we took the train into Marseilles for the afternoon, well we only had the afternoon left to explore after spending a leisurely lunch in the sunshine. The following day we drove over the Saint Baume mountains and climbed to a grotto in the cliff where Mary Magdellan is said to have spent the last 30 years of her live, having arrived in Marseilles after being driven away from Jerusalem. It was well worth the effort to reach it and we were practically the only ones there. Afterwards, we travelled to Saint Maximin for lunch followed by a visit to the Basilica where Mary Magdellan's relics are said to be buried in the crypt.