Blogs from Nîmes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe - page 5

Hello Everyone: Please note that i am typing on a french comp and the letters are in diff places. We are currently in Nimes and leave for barcelona tomm. London was amazing as was Paris. Normandy was great n it was so emotional to walk on DDay beaches n in Bayeux *the first town liberated. U can almost C the american n british tanks in the streets. The weather has been crazy... cold most days...warm others. I dont hv much time to go into details today ... as there are so many fabulous details to tell. Below is a bit of an overview thus far: Favorite places: Paris - *The Latin Quarter - its packed with bars and every type of restaurant one can imagine. the owners of the restaurants stand outside to try to convence ... read more

6th September 2006: After the longest & hottest train journey known to humankind (oh yes, 9 hours without air con in a cabin of 6), we arrived in the south of France in beautiful Nimes to visit Carey, another great friend from my student days. We were both AFS exchange students in Strasbourg 13 years ago! After returning to Texas to finish high school, Carey went on to university and was granted a scholarship to study in Marseille. She subsequently met Thierry, the local Frenchman who captured her heart, they married a few years later and had 2 gorgeous girls Gabrielle & Emanuelle... and here we are! We spent most of the first evening drinking the local red wine, catching up on each others' lives and enjoying the entertainment that can only be provided by a ... read more

Next was Nimes via St Tropez (again $$$, but a bit more personal). Nimes was a porta loo and our dodgy hotel was the big lump of shit in the bottom that smelt! Never the less it was only for one night - thank goodness! Alicia and I sat down to dinner in the hotel restaurant, accompanied by 3 festy rabid dogs and 1 feral cat waiting for scraps. I gave them half of my steak in order to: a) stop a dog from humping Alicia's leg and, b) tearing me to pieces! (And I am not exaggerating!) Glad to leave town before the next gust of wind blew the motel over! ... read more

The above title is a rhyme so you can pronounce Nimes correctly. I visited this city to the northwest of Aix for my research project on Roman ruins. It has the best preserved Roman amphitheater in France. It was a heck of a lot nicer than Frejus's, and bigger too. This time I had company on my travels- Mollie came with me. We met at the train station to take a train to Marseille but the train was delayed by half an hour! We were in danger of missing our connection to Nimes, but then I had a brillant idea. We could take the bus to Marseille! So that's what we did. Adapted our plan and made it to the "train shed" with time to spare. The ride to Nimes was much more crowded than my ... read more

After spending yesterday at the beach, we left this morning for Nimes. It seems nice but was quite a trek al be it a pretty one. Since its 4 and we have not eaten since 10 will tell you more in the next couple days. There is a festival going on. Ciao... read more