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... 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 ...

... stay at this lovely lady&#8217;s home and forward onto Italy from another port<br>2) change destination to another port on Corse where there are more options for forwarding onto Italy<br>3) wait 2 days until there is a direct ferry from Marseille to italy (the one we thought we were on)<br><br>In the end we decided on No. 2. I was actually thankfull for once of Brian&#8217;s obsessive earliness as ...

... As is usual here, it's been an uphill struggle trying to organise it all, but it seems that all paperwork is fianlly done, mainly thanks to our legendary tutor here, who bought us a coffe and told us "ze word for zis yearrr iz 'frrreeedomm"! So on to the studying now! I gave a presentation a few weeks ago which went really well, and the lecturer said was 'impeccable'. However, I don't think all my work will carry on in this direction, so I will make my excuses now: the ...

... yesterday, Saturday, and it is cooler but still nice. The trip here was spectacular with many olive groves and big mountains. Today we went on a tour to Les Beax - another medieval town with a castle - poor Graham and on his birthday too. Then we went winetasting and to the premier olive oil producers in France. The Mistrql was blowing on the tour and it was very cold but warmer back here in the camp. Tomorrow we explore Aix on foot then we go to Avignon.

... I lived here- that&#8217;s the epiphany of any trip for me- Skyping my wife every day and eating instant noodles. The big grocery chains charge more than a &#8364; for a pack, but you can score in the Vietnamese shops for a quarter that. So I buy an electric water kettle for inn-room coffee and noodles. It&#8217;ll pay for itself in the long run. Ever the creative one, I experiment putting Nutella in my coffee, figure ...

Hi Nicholas, this is Parker. I wanted to tell that the bird poop felt very weird. Also, we had a mean owner in the Paris apartment and we wiped it on her dooor knob! The keyboard is very different.At the public beaches some of the women don"t have bikini tops ...

... note writing, pointing at signs, and a lot of patients, we rented our second car, another SmartCar, this one was black. Aix-en-Provence is an old Roman settlement founded in 123 BC. Present day Marseille has grown so large that it has engulfed this ancient settlement. Aix is sometimes called the "city of a thousand fountains". I didn't see a thousand fountains, but there were ...

... and see some historic sites. Driving through the country was beautiful and we had a great time! Driving back into Marseille during rush hour wasn't so much fun, but it's all part of the adventure, right? Carrie left early this morning and I am going to spend the rest of my day in Marseille going for a boat ride out to some of the islands off the city. Then it's off the Venice! Love, Robin

... area. I mainly walked around the city checking out the markets, restaurants and cafes that surrounded the port. I was fortunate enough to land English speaking roomies for a second time (two Americans-JJ and JoJo) at the Vertigo Hotel. I spent my second day there with them wandering around. We all were heading to Spain on the same day (they Barcelona, me Valencia) so we got on the same train together. What should ...

We heard nothing but gross things about Marseilles Even without the two girls from Aix, the reviews we heard/read didn't make Marseilles out to be the nicest place. With that said, we didn't hate it. Yes it is extremely dirty, yes it is gross, and there isn't much to do, but it isn't as bad as everyone says. We were lucky to find a CHEAP hotel right outside of the train station for 28 Euros a night. What kinda room do you get for 28 Euros a ...