Today is my last day overseas, and this will likely be my last entry on this side of the Atlantic. I still have time off in July, but my vacationing will be less rigorous than it has been to date. I am hoping to check out Hyde Park today, look at some guitar shops in Soho, and probably go for Thai or Indian food tonight. Then it is off to Heathrow for a nice sleep in the airport, before my 6:40am flight tomorrow morning. Ciao [View Full Entry]

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This morning we took an early flight to London. We dropped off our stuff at Anna's cousin's house, Anna and Bob went about their business looking for apartments, and I went and toured the city. I started at St. Paul's Cathedral, crossed the Millenium Bridge over the Thames by Shakespeare's Globe, and went to the Tate Modern Art Museum for a while. There is currently a really neat free display on urbanism and urban expansion, and it highlights the expansion of some of the world's 10 largest urban areas (Cairo, Mumbai, Mexico D.F., Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Cape [View Full Entry]

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Today we made a driving trip to Monaco to take care of a few administrative items, and we passed through Villefranche where I took some amazing pictures of the Côte d'Azur. Bob was almost dead from the previous day so we took it easy, and we went to bed fairly early from waking up at 4:45 the day before. [View Full Entry]

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Today is the Ironman triathalon! We woke up early (4:45am) and headed down to the promenade at the waterfront. Even at this god forsaken hour in the morning, the area was PACKED with people. The entire day was amazing - 3.8km swimming, 180km cycling, and 42.195 running. For details and stats check out http://www.ironmanfrance.com/ - Bob's number is 63, and he placed in the top 1/3! Another amazing coincidence - on the beach in Nice I randomly ran into another friend of mine from my NY trip last summer. [View Full Entry]

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Sleep in. Beach. [View Full Entry]

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This morning Anna arrived! Then we went to the beach. That was all. P.S. Anna I hate your dog. Seriously, I want to feed him a lethal dose of chocolate. Bets from the last few days: Bob vs. Evan: One of the spice girls was black. Bob 1, Evan 0 Evan vs. Bob: CN and its subsidiary, CN Worldwide, are fully Canadian-based companies. Evan 1, Bob 0 Evan & Bob vs. Wikipedia: Why are the French in Canada? Wikipedia 1, Evan & Bob 0 [View Full Entry]

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Today we took a day trip to Monaco from Nice. We spent pretty much the entire day at the beach, and looked at yachts and Maseratti and Lamborghini dealerships on the way back. [View Full Entry]

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Today is moving day for Bob. We spent most of the day packing and getting things organized. To make a long story short, we stole a push cart from his campus, and between the two of us, moved a huge box with his bike and clothing, and about 7 other bags all the way from his residence room, about 1.5km down a hill to the train station, across 2 bridges, via 2 trains, and up and down 2 large flights of stairs, all the way to Nice. zzzzzzzzzz Quote of the day: Bob - "Hey, that's an anagram!" Evan - "You [View Full Entry]

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So now I have a cold :(. I suppose it is inevitable when you put your body through this type of stress, so live and learn. It's not bad though, I just have to deal with sniffles and boogers for the next 3 days. This morning we went to Versailles and saw the castle and royal gardens. They are HUGE!. Bob had to take care of a few administrative items for Anna's tour group, so we ended up gaining free entry into the grounds through all the confusion. And I got my first taste of an angry Frenchman. Bob was trying [View Full Entry]

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After a terrible overnight TGV train on which I did not get any sleep, I arrived in Paris at Montparnasse Stn. at 6am. I was a little mad, because before I departed from Hendaye, I found that there was another overnight train leaving at the same time that had sleeper seats, but I already had my seat reservation. I got a little lost finding my train to Jouy en Josas where Bob's school is, but I eventually found where I needed to go, purchased my ticket, and hopped on the train. When I arrived Bob was there waiting for me, and [View Full Entry]

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