Campanile Marseille

... made some friends had we the time and resources to put together costumes... I decided we were dressed up as Canadians, which I thought would have worked great until Tom pointed out that Canadians would probably speak more French. But we weren't really left out, there were only a handful of people dressed up. Overall; here is the tally of costumes in Aix on halloween: 2 girls in witch hats (with one stocking each), 5 ...

... Argh! I tried to get him to go up into the town and explore, but I couldn&#8217;t drag him further than a few blocks - worry that we needed to be back in time&#8230;?!?!<br><br>Finally around 4, they opened the gate so we could drive in. Only to find the ticket office didn&#8217;t open until 6pm. While waiting, we talked with a lovely Frenchcouple who were completely unperturbed at our lack of language ...

... about 10&#8364; on pic 'n' mix...have finally found someone else whose sweet tooth can match up to mine! Then for dinner we had the best meal that I've had since we got here...sausages, new potatoes, and Heinz baked beans. I realise that's sounds awful, as I'm supposed to be integrating into the French way of life, but during dinner I did at least have a bit of a chat with Amy's French landlord (he doesn't like Sarkozy much). Then today I tagged along with Lizzie and ...

NO MARSEILLE for us!!! The captain went by when we had 21 foot waves and winds of 50 gusting to 65. It was sunny but not good enough to dock in Marseille, so on to Barcelona we go. In spite of it, we had a great relaxing day and i had a 3 hour nap this afternoon. Naps are totally not my thing but apparently i was exhausted from our whirlwind schedule. Anyway, nothing exciting. We have seen numerous people in arm slings and just ran into a woman in a ...

Bonjour avec Aix-en-Provence Cherie<br>Since the last news we have visited the Cote D'Azur spending time at Monte Carlo and Antibes. We stayed near Antibes at a place called Biot and at night you could hear the seals at nearby Marineland - very strange. It was still quite hot and stickey with more mozzies. Monte Carlo was wall to wall money with billions of dollars in boats and cars. Antibes was similar but it had a lovely old town as well.<br>We arrived ...

... she has to do is open her eyes to it. So before changing rooms and hotels again I inquire at the desk if she knows why I can&#8217;t get Internet.<br><br> &#8220;Did you open the registration page?&#8221;<br><br> &#8220;Huh? What registration page? How can I open a registration page if I don&#8217;t have Internet, local only?&#8221; <br><br> <br><br>She pushes the big blue e icon and a sign-up page appears; that ...

... can only imagine how beautiful it will be when complete. Now, we're off to visit more new family members of Michael's, Jean's brother and his family. Christian, his wife Anne Marie and their son Patrick greet us at the door and it feels like a little family reunion.  Their smiling faces immediately make me feel welcome and at home in their charming apartment. Anne Marie is excited to show us the lovely ...

... si reconstruita mai apoi. Nu avem destul timp (asta incepe sa devina un leit-motiv al vacantei noastre, trebuie sa fim realisti insa si sa ne limitam la "flavours") insa turul si plimbarile ne introduc in atmosfera. Biserica in pijama imi sugereaza ca sunt tare funny oamenii astia marsiliezii. :) Restul sunt poze... Unde, next? Ne uitam la harta, maine ar trebui sa ajungem la Bordeaux, vreo 300 km. Ar fi oare timpul sa ne urcam pe autostrada ...

... France meat is very expensive, I guess I wasn't go to treat myself well enough to pay those ridiculous prices. In my time I pre made sandwiches and loaded up on water for my hike, and hit the You Tube for a couple of hours to just get lost in a cinematic adventure for a while. The piers were pretty cool, Mediterranean looked great, and the markets had a lot of great fruit to offer. With some of the fruit I just purchased, I watched the sunset over the Mediterranean before heading ...

The train journey to marseille was interesting, i got motion sickness for the first time. It was 2 hours from Amiens to paris and then 3 hours on the high speed train to Marseille. I think a good tip is to eat properly before takinng 5 hour train journeys and not to forget your jumper (this i remembered) as the airconditioning on the train is almostly bitterly cold. I got off the train in Marsielle and found the metro easily, although i didn't have any cash as they don't ...