I took a solo trip to Switzerland this last weekend. I took the train from Marseille to Geneve Friday morning. It was a beautiful train ride and I actually stayed awake the entire train ride! Amazing! The train went throught the countryside and I was able o write a few poems on the train. Geneva was a really nice city. Right on Lake Geneva, people were out and about pretty much all day as I wandered through the streets. I took a random boat ride in Lake Geneva to see the sites and had some conversations with an English man and [View Full Entry]

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When I was in Montpellier, My friend and I spotted a sign for a fair in Arles. We decided to go the fair, but all hotels and hostels were booked because of the 500,000 people that were expected to attend. So we had to go for a day trip. We took the train to Arles early in the morning and arried there about 10am. We entered the fair grounds and immediately saw a huge bull running through the streets with people running around near it. It was ridiculous. The bull was contained in the street by metal fence. People were running [View Full Entry]

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I was invited to tag along with a French student named Matthieu and his girlfriend, along with Sean and Daniel from SDSU on an overnight trip to Montpellier. He had a small car and all five of us crammed in with all the SDSU kids in the little backseat. We drove past French countryside including Nimes and Arles. We stopped in a little town called Aigues Mortes. This town was a medevil town completely surrounded by castle walls covered with archery slits. We spent an hour and a half wandering the city streets. Next, we drove to a beach-side city, called [View Full Entry]

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I met up with my friends in Heidelburg and we all drove from there to Munich. Our hostel in Munich was great and had an awesome bar. I really loved Munich. There was great food (saussages, pretzels and beer), great people and lots to see and do. We took a 3 hour guided tour the first morning where we got a great understanding of the city and it's history. Hitler had is rise in power and there were so mny historical sites. I wish Granddad could have been there with me because he could of blown the guide out of the [View Full Entry]

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On Monday, Mark and I took the train to Heidelburg where I would eventually meet up with my friends from Marseille where we would drive to Munich. Mark and I walked around town and along the river. We also were able to explore the famous castle for a few hours which was amazing. [View Full Entry]

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Weekend spent with Mark and his parents in Freiburg. Driving tour of Freiburg with his parents, hike up to a scenic view of Freiburg, organic spa and heated pools, beer tasting and brewery hopping. [View Full Entry]

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I woke up early and took a train to Strasbourg, France. It was about a 6 hour train. From Marseille to Lyon, then Lyon to Strasbourg. Strasbourg is a touristy city but nice none the less. I was able to visit the Strasbourg Cathedral which is huge. Mark (who lived with us in Simi for a year as a German exchange student) and his buddy came to pick me up in Strasbourg and take me to Freiburg. In Freibug, I spent the weekend with Mark and his parents. I was able to speak with his dad in French which was great. [View Full Entry]

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This last weekend I went to Nice and Monaco with a few friends. Nice was an amazing city. It was very beautiful and friendly. Monaco was the most amazing place I have ever seen! Everyone is soooo rich and wealthy it is ridiculous. There are Bentleys, Ferarris and Rolls Royces everywhere. The private yachts are like mini-cruise ships with thier own captain, crew and chefs. Check out the pictures and see for yourself. I also went to the Matisse Museum and the Chagall Museum. Chagall was an amazing painter and sculper. I really loved his painting even thought they were highly [View Full Entry]

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Some meals I make for myself. [View Full Entry]

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Me and a group of five other international students went on a weekend trip to snowboard/ski in the Alps. This was the best snowboarding I have ever done! In terms of the mountain, conditions, ski town, etc. The mountain was called Alpe D'Huez and is used for the Tour De France as well as snowboarding/skiing. We traveled from Marseille to Valence on the TGV train, then from Valence to Grenoble on a bus. There we went from Grenoble to Alpe D'Huez by bus as well. The mountain was so huge! Our group, three guys and three girls, (from California and Canada) [View Full Entry]

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