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i didn't actually stop in monte-carlo, but i caught the train from nice through monaco (saw the train station) to a town called ventimiglia, which after about half an hour i worked out was actually in italy! i had a few hours between trains so i walked down to the "beach" and enjoyed the sunshine! then i got on another train and went along the c...

We're staying at a holiday apartment building called Domain du Bois d'Amont which is just outside the village of Cabris on the Cote d'Azur. The nearest large town is Grasse, perfume capital of the world.

The building is on the side of a hill overlooking the whole coast from Nice to Cannes - very pretty on a clear day.

There's a...

Ashley (girl i met on the eternal train trip) and i stayed at the "world famous" villa st exupery and after a very late breakfast headed into town. after getting lost on the way to the tram stop we made it to the famous flower market just in time to see them closing! we went for a walk along the ocean, it wasn't sunny but the water was still rea...

Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey is a tiny village in the hinterland of the Cote d'Azur, about 6kms from where we are staying outside Cabris. There's not much of note in the town, although the existence of a local tourist office would seem to indicate otherwise. Incidentally, that's a great job if you can get it - they work 9.30am to 12.30pm, then 3pm to ...

'Operation bisous' is the name my French Oral Communication professor calls perfecting French pronunciation, simply because you transform your lips into a kissing position when you say many words in French, and bisous means 'kiss'. So the other day she asks us to go around repeating different words back to her, and when sounding out the syllable...

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As I was finishing dinner Aurore came down and sat next to me with her drawing...

Montecarlo, Nice and Cannes. Wow. My weekend started out just amazing. On Wednesday, my fourth and final roommate arrived in Milano. He had been doing an internship with a company in his city. To welcome him and celebrate all of the roommates finally being together, my roommate Corrine made homemade pizza and Pizza Frite! About four other of the...

As I debated the best way to make it to Monaco from Barcelone, car rental seemed to be the best option. Trains did not go this route very easily and planes were expensive when I would still need a car when I got there.

So, Jim Hand and I venture off to Monaco from Barcelone out of the congested city trying our best to understand the fo...

  It was raining in Monterosso when we boarded our train.  Our destination was Nice, France. After a few days in the Italian Riviera, we were making our way to the French Riviera.  The train ride from Monterosso to Nice is four hours in duration, with a short stop in Genoa.  On the first leg of the ride, we shared a cabin with an elderly Englis...

Getting back on the road we made a stop at a beautiful college town called Aix En Provence. This place was swarming with tourists and other fancy people in town for a holiday. We wanted to stay there too, but alas there was no room anywhere close to town for under a million bucks it would seem. So we consulted the tourist lady and she said that ...