I've been in Nice for almost two days now. The humidity is worse then the heat itself, all in all it's nice (ha...ha) here. I arrived like 21.30 on sunday so I didn't get to do much then. Yesterday I spent at the beach with some people from Australia. I've been seeing lots of australian people here in France. Seems most of them are doing the Busabout thing through europe. We also walked around in the old town with its market and winding streets with little shops all over. At evening I found this little Vietnamese restaurant, I was the only customer and had the full attention of the old man who appeared to own it. Has some very interesting food and a lesson about what it was :) Started with Vietnamese Ravioli, which are some ... read more

It takes exactly one hour and thirty minutes to walk from Champs Elysée to Gare du Lyon, if you didn't know... That's one of the options you have if you miss the last transport home at night. Other options would include a combination of busses and taxi, taxi all the way, hitching a ride, or just waiting till the morning... none of which felt like a good option at the time. I wanted to see Paris by Night, there were lots of people everywhere, but in a blink almost all of them went away with the last train/bus. Oh well, the walk back along the Seine wasn't that bad. Today, I've been walking around in the Louvre - for three hours, and I still missed a lot of stuff. At the end I wasn't looking that ... read more

Bonjour! I arrived in Paris yesterday, lovely city :) Although I do know some french, it is evident that I know way less then I'd need to manage without english. I bought a miniature travel phrase book / dictionary which is very handy in freshing up my memory with the french I'm fairly certain I did know while I was still in school ;) The hostel I wanted to stay at (which is very central) is fully booked (surprise surprise), but I found a nice one close enough and with the excelent Metro and RER it's not really a hassle to get around. The english I thought had lots of cameras all over London and in most public places, this however is insane... when I entered the hostel I could count to no less then 10 ... read more

I've mostly been visiting the parks today, slacking in the sun. Getting to know my way around London, which isn't so hard. Walked bare-foot through Green Park, felt great after a day in shoes! Checked out the stores at Kensington High street, found a nice sushi place for dinner. After that I cought a bus to Piccadilly Circus and ended up on the back-streets of Soho with its "adult" movies and inviting girls at the entrances promising a great show inside...... read more

I went to Gothenburg to visit my brother today, the flight to London leaves fairly early tomorrow so I figured I'd rather spend the night in Gothenburg then get up in the middle of the night to catch the train. As Sven had gotten a hold of a whole bunch of hair-mousse they made some freaked out 80's hair display...... read more