Méditerranéen Marseille

Anlaşılan o ki benim için tatil henüz bitmemiş. Yine çantamı kaptığım gibi kendimi havaalanında buldum, tabii bir kaç saat sonra da anneciğimin, babacığımın ve kardeşlerimin kollarında. Elimde olsa her haftasonunu, sadece annemin muhteşem kahvaltı sofrası için bile, onlarla geçirebilirdim. Neyse şimdi konumuz hala Marsilya'da geçirdiğimiz haftasonu... İlk günümüz etrafımızı, sokakları tanımakla geçti. Vaktimiz de az olduğundan pek fazla sanat etkinliğine katılamadık. Neyse ki ikinci günümüzü tamamen tatmin olmuş bir şekilde bitirdik. Bana göre görülmesi gereken üç temel sergi vardı. Méditerranées, Ici Ailleurs, La Friche Belle de Mai... Ve mutlulukla soyluyorum ki ucunu de gorebilmis olmak harikaydi. Bu postta beni en cok etkileyen Méditerranées' den bahsedecegim. 

As you see, holiday mood is still going on for me. Again I grabbed my bag and found myself at the airport and of course after couple of hours in the arm of my family. I wish it could be possible that I spent all my weekends at home, even just for my mum's amazing breakfasts. Anyway, the issue is still the weekend being spent in Marseille... As you know our first day was just about discovering streets and new places. That's why we didn't able to see many events or exhibitions except one photography exhibition. Thankfully, we ended the second day exactly satisfied. According to me, there were three basic events. Méditerranées, Ici Ailleurs, La Friche Belle de Mai... And I'm so happy that we were able to visit all off them. On this post mainly I'm gonna talk about Méditerranées which impressed me so much. 

Lots of events were waiting for us and we were enthusiastically ready for all of them

Again it's impossible not seeing any wall art while walking on the streets 

I love these olive tree pots. Walking around them was like playing hide and seek :) 

On our way to Notre Dame de la Garde and we didn't know what kind of wind was waiting for us on the hill. I was barely flying. 

And it is Notre Dame de la Garde 

 

Now here is Méditerranées exhibition. 

Bildigimiz gibi Odysseia Homeros'un unlu destanlarindan biridir ve bu destan kahraman Odyssesus'un yol hikayelerini anlatir. Iste bu sergide de Odyssesus adiyla secilen herhangi bir modern kahramani hem gecmiste hem de gunumuzde yolculuk ederken buluyoruz.  Kahramanimiz kendi sectigi ve iclerinde Tyr, Atina, Cezayir, Tunus, Trablus, Istanbul gibi sehirlerin bulundugu tam 11 akdeniz sehrinden geciyor ve Marsilya'da seyehatini tamamliyordu. Ayrica seyehat ederken bizlere sunulan resimlerden, videolardan bu sehirlerin gecmisten gunumuze politik, tarihi, kulturel vb. degisimlerine taniklik etme sansini yakaliyordunuz. Bir akdenizli olarak, akdenizin tarihini, bugununu bu sekilde gormek, buna sakitlik etmek,  muhtesem bir zevkti. 

As you know Odyssey is one of the major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer an in this poem we read our hero Ulysses's journey home after the fall of Troy. So what is the relationship ? In this exhibition we find the random Ulysses starting today to meet our contemporaries and their reality and then go back in time, illuminating how exchanges have built our Mediterranean world. His travels took him 11 Mediterranean cities such as Athens, Try, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Istanbul, Marseilles, etc. He emphasizes the civilizational challenge of navigation. Also thank to historical and contemporary videos and paintings, we were able to testify the political, historical, cultural changes in this cities. As a mediterranean I can say that  it was a great pleasure seeing the Mediterranean in such a perfect exhibition. 

After exhibition we found ourselves in a cute Algerian cafe called Minakouk and taste her delicious desserts and it was a bit strange to see lokum, halva, baklava and the other similar ones in our cuisine. So our tea party with these cookies was so good after the fatal wind of Marseille. 

So end of the day again in our lovely hotel Mama Shelter and we had a wonderful saturday nigh with our DJ. 

And star of the night Daiquiri Framboise :p

Wish you a wonderful week <3 

Marseille

Uzun zamandir blogumu bos biraktim farkindayim ama blogum ne kadar bossa ben okadar yogundum. Telefonumdan baska birsey kullanmadigim icin teknolojiden uzak gunler gecirdim diyebilirim. Neyseki bol fotografli, tatilli bir postla geri dondum. 2013 Avrupa kultur baskenti secilen Marsilya, bizim icin harika bir haftasonu kacis noktasi oldu. Ikimizin de yogun gecen gunlerinin, aylarinin ardindan boyle bir kacamaga ihtiyacimiz vardi diyebilirim. Hem sanata doyalim hemde akdeniz havasini icimize cekelim dedik ve aldik icine uc bes parca doldurdugumuz kucuk sirt cantalarimizi rahat bir tatilin pesine dustuk.  Sehrin kucuk olmasi, onumuzde ise kocaaa 3 gunun olmasi rahatligimiza rahatlik katti tabiiki. Ayrica hotelimiz Mama Shelter'in bize hazirlamis oldugu surprizler ve konfor goz ardi edilemezdi. Buradan da soylemek isterim ki yakinda Istanbul'a da acilacak olan Mama Shelter'i dort gozle bekliyorum. Tercihleri concept hotellerden yana olanlar emin olun hic pisman olmayacaksiniz. 

I know I left my blog alone for a long time but I was so into of this long holiday. I can say I stayed away from any technology but my phone. Anyway I'm back with full of new travel pics. Marseille, selected to be the European Capital of Culture in 2013, was a wonderful weekend break for us. I think we both needed such a break after busy and exhausting days. For this holiday we wanted both to be fill up with art and have the Mediterranean atmosphere. So we grab our backpacks, put couple of basic things in it and hit the road for relax vacation. We had three days for a small city so that made us more relax. Also we can not deny the surprises and comfort of our hotel Mama Shelter. I'd be so glad to announce from here that there will be a new Mama Shelter in Istanbul soon. I'm looking forward it ! For the people prefer concept hotels, I'm sure it will be satisfying enough.  

Let's start our trip from Gare De Lyon 

That's the view I saw when I woke up 

These masks are surprise of our hotel :) 

Walking through Vieux Port passed from colorful streets 

Who says Marseille streets are dangerous ?

Finally we are at Vieux Port 

 

Fish can not enter :) 

We are ready for Josef Kudelka exhibition and I can definitely say that he took one of the best Antique Roman photographs. 

And we deserve the delicious food of Mama Shelter 

 

Twist Jacket / Zara faux leather leggings / Nike sneakers / MBMJ bag

Little Rest

Bazi tatiller vardir insani hem yorar, hem dinlendirir, hem cok mesgulsunuzdur hem de gunler hic bir sey yapmadan geciyordur. Iste ben tam da boyle bir seyin ortasindayim. Algilarim, bilgisayarim hep acik, hepinizi guzel guzel izlemekteyim ama sicak evimizden, pekte bir yere cikasim yok kucuk bir haftasonu kacamagi haric tabii. Simdi tatilimin obur boyutunda, hayatimin bir diger yarisiylayim bana biraz musade edersiniz degil mi ?

There are some holidays while they are exhausting at the same time they let you rest or both you are busy and feel like doing nothing in these holidays. Nowadays I am in the middle of that kind of a feeling. My computer is always on, I am following all of you but I don't want to go anywhere than our warm house except a weekend escape. Now, I'm in the another part of my holiday with the other part of me. Do you mind if I keep on it for a short time ?