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We have at long last arrived in France! We ended up scrapping the visit to Marseille, both since travellers we've met said its not worth the visit, and since we heard it's not really the place to be wandering around the streets at 10 at night looking for a place to stay. So instead we caught the bus up to Aix-en-Provence, which is pretty much the cutest town on the entire planet. We're pretty sure we were the only people ...

... planning at all!<br><br>But tonight we&#8217;re talking a relaxing voyage by boat over the Medeterranian. Which will be followed by another. A few relaxing sailing days it would seems. Not exactly what I thought we were going to be doing, but it will work. We have our own berth with a shower and bed. Oh the luxuries never end! At least these 2 fools will rest well tonight and prepare for what lies ahead. <br>

... it doesn't matter with the wide range of accents our country has anyway (scowne or scon? It's only scon once you've eaten it...). I'm finding Contemporary French History really interesting, especially as, for once, it's not about the French Revolution. The seminars should really help my written French too, but unfortunately us 'étrangers' stick out like a sore thumb when she calls out the register : Sharrlot Tooowinszend. And I know what you're thinking, a register ...

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 ...

... I don&#8217;t know if the DNA of pizza got transferred to the Arabs from Rome and then re-introduced to French via the Jews or what, but they&#8217;ve just about got it down, plentiful and cheap. The real meal deal is three full pies for &#8364;10, but the best buy for me is a quarter pie for about a single &#8364;, depending on toppings. One or two of those will pretty much fill you up, though I&#8217;ve resolved to ...

After some nagging from Mother (only joking Sue!) here's installment two of my little novel, as Hannah Bish calls it!<br><br>Well, I ended my last entry by saying how fantastic the wear is (was) here, but after 300 days of sun, the rain has arrived; floods and landslides in Marseille, and a balcony that I now call my paddling pool. So, unless I want soggy croissants in the morning, my breakfasts on the balcony have had to come to a sad and unexpected end ...

... pond in the middle of its central square with ducks and carp and impressive old plane trees. Around this center radiates a bunch of cute alleys and old buildings hiding artisan boulangeries and hidden but apparently well-known restaurants. In fact, probably our best meal in the region was at one of the lesser appreciated restaurants of this unappreciated town which just shows that the level of food quality in this region is incredibly high and that the best ...

... three nights, then Paris four nights, then home. Shellie and I are looking forward to the Moroccan part of the trip having spend almost two weeks in Italy and France.All that said, it is worth nothing that Marseille Provence Airport is actually about 45 km from Marseille. A trap for the unprepared should they arrive in Marseille then find they have to stump up for more travel to get to Marseille. The terminal we are in for our flight to Marrakech is the MP2 terminal, a terminal ...

... en Franciam nunca lo pense. Despues de un rato de platicar, duimos a una fiesta de cumpleanos de una chicas francesas, ya un poco mas relajados por conocer a alguien que podiamos entender, y otra orpresa mas due encontrar en la fiesta que casi todos los que ahi se encontraban hablaban espanol, mas qeu legal. Por cierto probamos vino Frances, muy bueno, un vino blanco de una muy buena calidad, y comida muy buena, de hecho probe crepas, al parcer no son de un tipo muy ...

... which is always a plus! The rate we received in July, 2006 was 85/Euros per night for 3 nights. We happened to arrive the evening of the Italy-France football (i.e. soccer) final. Now I'm partial to both Italy AND France; I've often thought that I slightly prefer Italy, but I had married a Frenchmen, so... it's normally hard for me to take sides. Of course, when one is actually IN France during the match, it's wise to root for France! The streets, bars ...