Provence
Travel Blogs from Provence, France
Not a film star in sight!
Left Nimes early and went to Cannes. Go on train, no reservations required... local train, had to transfer trains at Mariselle... this journey was appox 3 hours... Long for such a short distance! This train was unusual (i feel like im turning into a ...
Aix-en-Provence
Aix turned out to be another nice surprise. We were a bit worried about finding stuff to do to fill the entire day because it was a Sunday and so far through our trip, this usually means that everything is closed and their aren't many people out and ...
Monaco - go gambling and F1!!!
... in front of the Casino in a SmartCar. Now, you'll have seen Smart Cars in NZ and elsewhere, but they are everywhere in France. Those little fellas are really popular, and the cool kids drive them too. There were banks all around the Casino, and the ...
Well i made it to france after a beast of ...
... night at a place near the beach called Galaxie Crepe (they serve more than just crepes) and the service was very friendly. I'm in France for one more night before heading to Italy tomorrow. I've been told not to got to Milan and will try to stick to ...
Day 13: My unlucky day... ?
... be in full flow very soon and the Balkans are going to be impractical to cycle in. I thought that getting to TUrkey from France/Italy might be cheap - WRONG! All the flights are starting from around 1000€ and the only ferry service that might have ...
Exploring le pays d'Aix
... home - in total about a 4 hour trip. Next time we intend to climb up to the summit, where the Croix de Provence is situated. Anyway, we're starting to make some progress on our fitness goals, which we really need to focus on. The ...
Its funny how life often repeats itself ...
Its funny how life often repeats itself. Maybe there just arent enough new situations in the world for everyone so occasionally you have to live through an old experience again, just for fun. So here I am back in Antibes where it all started 6 months ...
Driving in France
... about 10 large car parks dotted around the perimeter of the city core. After a bit of confusion, we finally enter a parking lot, lock up the car and walk into the darkening administrative capital of Provence ...
Behind Schedule
... had arrived earlier, we would have had time to find something more distinctive. We were still about half an hour from St-Remy-en-Provence, where our hotel is located and we are not looking forward to arriving so late. By 9:30 we are walking back to ...
Medieval Village
... stremy.htm, Without time to visit St-Remy, we continue south into Les Alpilles Mountains to the town of Les Baux-de-Provence. This spectacular medieval hilltop town and castle was razed and abandoned in 1632. Since then, a few people drifted back to ...
