Nice, France

After two days of train hopping and stress about getting out of the country, we were two not very happy campers as we tried to find a place to eat lunch...the only thing we had time to do in Nice. Instead of a nice french bistro (none of which were serving real food at this time of day) we ended up in the american cafeteria style crap shack eating bad salisbury steak and cold french fries. Not our fondest memory of the region.

Provence

November 12th 2007
Hey, this place is pretty sweet....too bad we have to leave! We had planned to spend a few days hanging out in Provence before moving on to Italy. Our timing was a little off though. We were landing in France a day before a massive strike by the rail workers. The media was warning that this was not going to be one of their 'usual' strikes, and was going to hit the entire country. We arriv ... read more

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