A BETTER IDEA Marseille can offer French city life without the tourist throngs of Paris. Photo: Alamy Stock PhotoIT TOOK ONLY three days in Marseille for the man at the boulangerie to learn my breakfast order. “Voilà,” he said, placing my espresso and croissant on the counter before I could even open my mouth. “This would never happen on a trip to Paris,” I thought, before stepping into another unpredictable day in the multicultural milieu of France’s second-largest city.

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Persons: “, ” Organizations: IDEA Marseille Locations: Paris, Marseille