Background: Although ultimately a victor in World Wars I and II, France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state. Nevertheless, France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader among European nations. Since 1958, it has constructed a presidential democracy resistant to the instabilities experienced in earlier parliamentary democracies. In recent years, its reconciliation and cooperation with Germany have proved central to the economic integration of Europe, including the introduction of a common exchange currency, the euro, in January 1999. At present, France is at the forefront of efforts to develop the EU's military capabilities to supplement progress toward an EU foreign policy.
July 7th 2008Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille Steve, Karin and I enjoyed breakfast on the patio yet again (more cereal and cold milk!) After a relaxing breakfast we decided to walk to the train station to make sure our tickets were all set for o ... [full story]
July 6th 2008Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille We slept in late today and missed breakfast at the hotel so we went to the market and found that they had cereal and COLD milk!!!! So we got that, some fruit and chocolate croissants for breakfast, i ... [full story]
July 5th 2008Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille Steve, Karin and I left Madrid today and arrived in Marseille by late afternoon. We left for the airport really early with the intent of reading/relaxing at the airport, but even with the 2 extra hou ... [full story]
June 15th 2008Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille Erica and I woke up in Lyon excited to move on with the trip, but little did we know that this would be the craziest/weirdest/creepiest Friday the 13th of all time...Erica and I were really tired and ... 5 photos[full story]
May 30th 2008Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille Well, its been awhile since my last entry so I thought it was time for an update.
Tamsin and I left Barcelona for Marseille by train with a quick changeover in Montpellier. After spending most of the ... [full story]
May 4th 2008Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille May 1 - 3, 2008
Thursday May 1, 2008
Today wwe drove from Andorra north through the very beautiful Pyrenees via Encamp and Pas de la Case to France and then workred our way towards Marseille . ... [full story]
March 17th 2008Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille After we arrived by bus in Marseilles we sought out and found a hostel named Vertigo. A nice place, but very expensive at 24 Euros a night. After arriving, we spent a few hours wandering around the ci ... [full story]
February 27th 2008Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille Marseilles was our next stop and it is apparently the cultural melting pot of France (whatever that means). Straight away though we did notice that it is different from the rest of southern France, a ... 10 photos[full story]
January 17th 2008Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille I took a jog out to the Calanques which is basically right behind my school. Everyone, it seems, (French and tourists) hike or walk here on Sundays. It is very pretty. Hope you enjoy the pictures. ... 41 photos[full story]
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