De France Aix-en-Provence

Really beautiful train ride along the coast (which in a way it is a shame that the railway is right on the beach) Marseille is a bigger city and not so quaint but the port area is nice. Flew out of Marseille to Lisbon. I know not quite geographically logicall

... sort out your transit system. Oh and one other thing, whoever thought it was a good idea to charge for public bathrooms deserves to have someone urinate on his front step daily.

But anyways, on my final stretch into Marseille I decided to read up on the city; I'm not planning on staying long, but I'm keen to explore for a few hours regardless. I read the following in the "Dangers and Annoyances" section of my Lonely Planet:

"Marseille isn't a hotbed of ...

... tickets here than it would be at home – you just pop down to your local FNAC (the French WHSmith, without the pic 'n’ mix) and they have a section just for tickets to see shows, concerts, or sport. Tickets were relatively cheap too (probably something to do with us getting the ‘cheap seats’...) at 20€. Then all we had to do was get ourselves up to catch the bus early on the Saturday morning, something we are all proud we achieved ...

... English in the entire town. We found our hostel super late at night (and they don't make hostels in France like they did in Spain... no more free internet!). The next morning, we walked into town not really knowing what to see or do. But as we were looking for a quick Petit Dejuner (breakfast) we stumbled upon the Saturday market. We sat at a cafe on the square and had the most amazing breakfast 5 euro can buy if you ...

Over the last months of travel, we’ve met and talked with many people about what we’re doing. As you can imagine, we’re greeted with many responses. Most can’t fathom a trip without end or adgenda. Some say they admire what we’re doing. Setting off onour own, turning our back on convention and creating an adventure. Others think we’re fools. Although the woman who said that ...

... in a bit of culture. Before it closed, we made sure we went along to the Cezanne/Picasso exhibition, originals and all. The pieces were amazing up close, and we were able to recall some French cultural studies lectures...even though, of course, Picasso wasn't actually French, but we could recognise his influences! Definitely worth noting that the only reason we knew where the exhibition was taking place, was because we'd previously been on the little tourist train ...

... France moniker. Remember, it doesn't really matter where you go or don't go in Provence as almost the entire region is spectacularly beautiful. It is the kind of place one returns to in dreams again and again. Enjoy the battle: Quite a nice town straddling the niche between a real city and a small quaint French town. Somehow manages to do both and provides great shops, cozy restaurants, marble lined streets, and interesting architecture. Due to the large ...

... about how fast you can ride 40km as it is very flat. Not too far from the Dordogne so no contest for fois gras and other assorted blended animal innards. Winetasting California. In this important category our home state pulls of a clear win. Perhaps we are biased towards the particular brand of "wine tourism" that California offers, but you don't have to do or know anything about California wine to get a top class experience in the core activity ...

... and explained that at 6pm they traditionally have aperitif with all the guests. We unpacked and made it downstairs in time to learn more about the area, and where we should go for dinner. They introduced us to Pastis, which is anise flavored liquor. It was delicious, but left me very hungry for dinner. We walked into town, which only ended up being a 15 minute walk to the restaurant that they recommended. Dinner was at a very ...

... que nacio en GUadalajara al parecer hace ya mucho tiempo, ue solo vivio poco en Mexico cuando era nino, pero me dio mucho gusto verlo, se sintio muy bien, era increible que en una ciudad tan pequena encontramos a alguien de nuestra tierra, aunque con el paso del tiempo ya es mas frances claro, pero fue algo super chido. Otra cosa que nos sorprendio a Israel y ami fue que unos chicos nos pidieron dinero, bueno es normal mucha gente pide dinero, pero lo que ...