Date of Shot: 13 October 2018
Location: Marseille, France
Court: Terrain du Vauban
I usually don’t do much research before heading out from whatever hostel or Air BnB I’m staying at with my basketball in hand, planning on finding a court to make my shot. This can lead to a lot of walking around and if the court isn’t exactly what I want I get a little bummed and go to the next closest one on the court finder app that I use.
I found this court early on my birthday, October 12th. It was a 20 minute walk from the apartment I was staying in and the moment I saw it, based at the bottom of the hill to Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde, I decided it was the court I had to use for Marseille. The only catch was it was a happening court. When I first got to it, a bunch of elementary schoolers seemed to be having basketball practice. I went up to the church, walked around the park, came back and it was still in use.
I went to Chateau D’If, spent the later afternoon in Vieux Port, came back and there were still folks playing.
Because it was my birthday, I certainly didn’t wait around. I went for a romantic dinner for one to celebrate and set myself up to wake up bright and early to get this shot.
This day was beautiful. The weather was perfect. The sun was shining. I only air balled once.
This shot is for my dear ol’ dad, who is totally fine nowadays but who has dealt with cancer and got through it. He’s literally going to live forever. :)
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Next up is Barcelona, which I am currently very much enjoying!
Thanks everyone for following along!
-Rae