Posts tagged "france"

Europe By The Numbers & Contiki Reviewed

Days spent travelling/in Europe: 28 Nations visited: 7 (Italy, Vatican City, France, Monaco, Spain, Greece, Turkey) Greek Islands visited: 5 (Crete, Rhodes, Patmos, Mykonos, Santorini) Digital pictures taken: 1,236 Rolls of film taken: 10.5 People on the Med Highlights Reverse tour: 34 (not inc. me) People on the Golden Fleece tour: 21 (not inc. me)...

Spain!

The past few days have truly blown by, especially our time in France. We only had one full day in Nice (and it was Sunday, so most things were closed), before it was off to Avignon. Overall, we pretty much breezed through France, but not before stopping in Aix-En-Provence, hometown of Cezanne, and Carcassonne, which...

Nice? That’s Nice.

Bonjour from Nice! We arrived in France yesterday night, and though I was sad to leave Italy, there’s a bit of familiarity to France for me. I realized just a few days ago that being in Italy was my first time alone in a country where I don’t speak the language, and I managed just...