Marseille, France, Europe Today was mostly just a travel day to get from Nice back to Marseille. I left the hostel at 9am and said bye to Anna and Louella. I really hope I run into the girls again sometimes, they were lovely. The bus ride was easy enough and got me back to Marseille around 2pm. I checked into my new hostel, Hotel Vertigo, which is an absolute dump. Luckily the people working there and staying there are nice,…
Nice, France, Europe I got up this morning and headed out at about 9am. The American girls had already left at about 6:30am and the English girls were asleep, so I went out for the day on my own. I first went up to the castle on the hill in Nice to see the view in the morning. With the view facing west it is really nice in the morning with the sun shining on everything. When I finally reached…
Nice, France, Europe I hit a pretty big personal milestone today by reaching my 50th country visited with my trip to Monaco. There are quite a few different lists about how many countries there are in the world, but I’m working from a UN list that recognizes 195 countries. I’m happy to be over a quarter of the way through seeing every country in the world. I’ll get there someday! I got up early this morning and had to check…
Nice, France, Europe I got up at 8:30am and got all my stuff together. My bus was leaving the train station at the same time as Sarah and Louise’s train, so we all go the metro to the St. Charles Station together. I said bye and found my bus stop outside the station. I was early, of course, but it was another beautiful morning, so I didn’t mind waiting for the bus to come. It left right on time from…
Marseille, France, Europe I walked a lot today, but I saw some beautiful scenery. I started out by going to Prado beach, which is about two miles outside of the city center, and it was recommended by some people at the hostel as the nicest beach in the city. I was pretty impressed. The city center in Marseille didn’t look like it would be the home of a nice beachside, but it is. It also helped that the sun was…
Marseille, France, Europe Today has been quite a long day. I woke up at 5:30am, left the hostel by 6am and got to the bus station for 6:30am. Perfectly planned and executed for my 7am bus ride. Unfortunately, I received a phone call from Eurolines at 6:35am saying that my bus was going to be delayed by an hour and wouldn’t arrive until 8am. Okay, not ideal but I can live with that. It was a bit annoying however when…
Lyon, France, Europe I had a pretty good day in Lyon. I have really enjoyed my hostel. The facilities are really nice, the people who work there are really nice, and the people staying there are really nice. I spent most of the morning just chilling with a few of the other hostellers, and went out around noon to check out some more of the city. I went up to Parc de la Tete d’Or in the north of the…
Lyon, France, Europe I think I got about 2 hours of sleep on the bus last night, and arrived in Lyon at about 7am. I had a nice leisurely walk to SLO Living Hostel, and am very impressed with it. This place just opened two weeks ago and it’s really nice. It’s owned by a few 30 year olds who love to travel and they decided to open a hostel as a project. I love that idea. I may end…
Brussels, Belgium, Europe I had a really nice day with Pete and Therese today. We got up pretty late after such a late night, so I think it was around 10:30am when we finally got up. Pete went out to do some shopping and made us pancakes and bacon, and got some croissants and juice. It was the best breakfast I’ve had in a long long time. I can’t even remember the last time I had a pancake, but it…
Brussels, Belgium, Europe I got back around midnight last night and got on the phone with a car rental company to try to organise a car rental for the next week. I figured it would be nice to drive myself around southern France, Switzerland and Spain. Last night there was an issue with the rental car company’s system, so I had to call back this morning. It ended up being about two hours on the phone total, trying to get…