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18 [[left margin in red]] French Trains [[/left margin]] [[red underline]] ill smelling and badly kept. Slouchy porters & conductors Shaky train on bad roadbed. [[/red underline]] Jan 29. Had to take breakfast [[red underline]] without washing [[/red underline]] as this was impossible [[red underline]] before beds had been folded. Unwashed crowd in breakfast car, everything looks unappetizing. [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] A [[/strikethrough]] 2 frcs (12 cents) for coffee. 7 frcs (14 cents) for fruit. [[strikethrough]] Arrive No [[/strikethrough]] Light frost but blue skies. [[red underline]] Landscape reminds Southern California [[/red underline]] or Neighborhood of Valparaiso. [[red underline]] Spanish looking houses with Spanish tile roofs. [[/red underline]] Arrive [[red underline]] Marseilles. [[/red underline]] 9 AM. Drove to Hotel Louvre-Paix Price of single room with bath 35 frcs = ($2.15) + tips. [[end page]] [[start page]] 19 [[left margin in red]] Marseille [[/left margin]] Room would look better if some of the [[red underline]] ill kept furniture [[/red underline]] were not covered with faded plush. Bathroom O.K. Prices in general decidedly less than in Paris. A well made good material overcoat 200 frcs = ($14.00) ready made. Cabled to Celine to let me know how things are. Went for a long walk. All around town. [[red underline]] Faculty de Medicine et des Sciences of l'Université [[strikethrough]] de [[/strikethrough]] d'Aix at Marseille, [[/red underline]] an old ill kept small building. [[/red underline]] Streets very crowded. [[red underline]] Marseillais [[/red underline]] shows more evidence of the [[red underline]] Eastern-Jewish type Eastern Jewish smells in streets. Less politeness than in [[/red underline]]