I arrived at the central station in Marseille by bus from the airport. When you get out of the station there is a giant old style french staircase that leads you from the hilltop down into the city below. I checked the map again and seen that the hostel I was going to be staying at should be down one of the little alleys just off to the right and proceeded down it. The Vertigo Hostel was quite a nice place and I would recommend it for any travelers. I quickly checked in, put my bags upstairs and grabbed my camera and board, because it was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and want to hit the streets. I asked the guy at the check-in about where the famous skate bowl was that I’d seen in the magazines growing up. He got the map out and showed me that it was on the other side of town. When I indicated that I was going by skateboard, he first began by insisting that it was too far, but conceded a bit in the end that it might not be too far by board. I took off on the route that he pointed out on the map, I went over the hill, down a wide street with a lot of banks on it, stopped and had a panini and was still at the bowl in about 20 minutes. I guess people underestimate human power these days.