Olympic flame arrives in Marseille, starts coastal parade
PARIS, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The three-masted ship Belem carrying the Olympic flame arrived in the southern French city of Marseille in the late morning of Wednesday, and kicked off a six-hour coastal parade before the flame finally lands at the old port at around 7:30 p.m..
The parade is accompanied by 1,024 local boats, and workshops are organized along the coast to celebrate the arrival.
More than 150,000