i need a french coach . if you ve been to france, chances are you haven t been here. france s second largest city, the oldest city in france. it sits right by the mediterranean. the food is famously good. yet, it s a victim of bad reputation, bad history. marseille. as it turns out, exactly the kind of place i like. but, this is a buddy picture, isn t it? eric ripert is the chef of the three-star la bernardin in new york, a chevalier of france; i think that means he s some kind of knight or something, and my friend. this causes him some problems. he, i like to remind him, has a reputation to protect. i do not. welcome to marseille. yeah. you ve never been here? never. how is this even possible? you grew up how far from here? like, uh, fifty miles. a hundred miles. fif- a hun- you grew up a hundred miles from here? what prevented you from coming to this clearly beautiful city? because it s clearly beautiful. it s a fantastic city. i mean, it s beautiful. i agre
then small shacks or cabanon, the working-class families from the city used as weekend getaways. no running water or indoor plumbing. simple. a place to get together. have a long winey lunch. hello. bonjour. you can t build new ones and the ones that are here like this one owned by dominique and nathalie lefrere have been in the same family since the 40s, and they ain t going anywhere. is this area protected, meaning if i wanted to open a giant modern hotel across there, is impossible, right? dominique: actually, it was just a couple of years ago, it was kind of scaled up on the protection level so nothing is going to happen now. anthony: and most of these properties are owned by the same family for many years. nathalie: my family has been coming here since 1949. anthony: right. nathalie: but we lived in marseille then we came here for weekends. anthony: that s nice.
the working-class families from the city used as weekend getaways. no running water or indoor plumbing. simple. a place to get together. have a long winey lunch. hello. bonjour. you can t build new ones and the ones that are here like this one owned by dominique and nathalie lefrere have been in the same family since the 40s, and they ain t going anywhere. is this area protected, meaning if i wanted to open a giant modern hotel across there, is impossible, right? dominique: actually, it was just a couple of years ago, it was kind of scaled up on the protection level so nothing is going to happen now. anthony: and most of these properties are owned by the same family for many years. nathalie: my family has been coming here since 1949. anthony: right. nathalie: but we lived in marseille then we came here for weekends. anthony: that s nice. lunch is being prepared by
for a better us, donate to your local y today. anthony: about 75 years ago the properties around le calanque were mostly farmland. then small shacks or cabanon, the working-class families from the city used as weekend