Blogs from Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 51

Right.... This is a back log of a few things that ive done before i got to rome. It does only cover from when i was in nice but before that i think i have written down in a note book somewhere at the bottom of my bag. So its unreachable at the moment. Im having trouble finding the time to write in this and also deal with the pesterings that i get from certain family members to up date this. Yes that means all of you. So this will probably be bland and in a different style your all use to but to write about everything would take years. But on any future travels i promise to not let it all build up. Plus if i do find time ill write about my time in ... read more

Hello to all my friends and family who are reading this! So I have finally arrived in France. My flight went well and I am currently in Nice where I will be staying for 2 days before I take the train to Montpellier. It has been a busy day and I'm happy that part one of my journey is done! The hotel is very nice and it has free internet access! Speaking french has been going well, it might be a little rusty but I'll get into a groove after a few days and the people have been patient with me, so it's comforting. I've already made friends with the lady at the reception desk in the hotel cause I've had quite a few questions. Like who knew you had to use your key to the ... read more

So I was pretty early today- first one there actually. Hooray for me. Anywho, the first stop on our excursion was Nice. I went around this seaside city with Molly and Bridget. We spent a good amount of time in the market, looking at the food, spices and assorted wonders. We bought socca- a kind of crepe from Mme Theresa (famous apparently) and ate it while looking further. It was great. Then we bought a pizza and ate that. Finally it was dessert time and I bought us all some canolis with different fillings, two orange cakes called canneles and a croissant Neapolitan with chocolate filling for myself. I told ya- I love chocolate. We took our treats up to the park atop this rock outcropping, from which you can look over the whole coastline of ... read more

Nice, not so surprisingly, is rather nice. Spectacular even.. And there's sun!! The first day we got here, after a mammoth train ride, that didn't take us to Italy as we'd originally planned, we had to make our way to the hostel. Unfortunately, this included us walking several kilometres up a very large hill! Not. Happy. Jan. Especially when we got to the hostel and were informed that they have a courtesy bus that could have picked us up. Grrrrr! Not only did we walk up the hill with our twenty plus kilo (ALAS, they have grown!) packs, we also walked a kilometre in the wrong direction. Uphill of course, and in the boiling heat - well, hot compared to elswhere we've been. Happily, we were given breakfast upon arrival, thus marking the start of a ... read more

hello everybody this is josh. it has been awhile but we spent the last couple of days in cique terre and the compys werent cheap or in good supply so i havnet been around one. now we are in nice. we arrived this afternoon and will be here for the night and then to barcelona for three nights. the train ride is only 10.5 hours so it should be fun. i was surpsrised with nice. it is on the french riviera and right on the water. the train ride had some nice scenery. i think we are getting a little accustomed to the views of the mediterranean sea though cause we werent that excited. except when we saw two yachts in the harbor of monaco that were both about 200 feet each in length. huge. never ... read more