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To the hustle, heart, and hands that keep it all going. Happy labour day 🌻

There is a specific kind of rhythm you find in the backstreets of Marseille, and at @hatsatoun_boulangerie it’s dictated by the hands flapping dough that’s so thin you can see the light through it. The lahmajun’s edges are crisp exa

One of Marseille's snuggest coffee shops.

Friends in Athens: Over 800,000 of our people have been forced to leave their homes overnight due to I$rahelli aggression and brutality, with no clarity on where to go or when they would be back.

Join us and be many at this fundraising event for @n

Sfouf, @friedhats coffee and the perfect post-shopping break at @petrincouchette, opposite the infamous @maisonempereur. The sandwiches here are also a great fix after a long walk.

فرن الريّس ❤️

No meal in Marseille beat the manaeesh made for us from scratch every morning by the one and only @rayess_bek.

@gelateriadesgoudes's navettes gelato smells, tastes and feels like taking in Marseille in one mouthful. Navettes are Marseille's dry biscuits shaped like a boat, which are deliciously fragrant with the city's orange blossom water.