we are now back in nice, and compared to monte carlo it is a real dump. actually, even if you dont compare it to monte carlo it still isnt anything to special. the part of town we are staying in is pretty sketchy, and it is right next to old nice which is the much classier part of town. besides being very visually appealing because of the beach and the mountain side , nice just isnt that great. the hostel we are staying at somehow got a great write-up, but it i...

after a 15 day or so hiatus, we are back in france. our train ride here was by far the most scenic of any of our rides. we were riding alongside the mountains and then towards the end along the coast of the french riviera as we passed by cannes and st. raphael. nice is really broken up into two parts, old nice and new nice. new nice is not very nice, but old nice is right on the water and very upscale. we actually havent gotten to see much of this place yet becau...

Bonjour, I am writing to you from an internet cafe in Paris. We got into london yesterday morning, walked around for a few hours, then took the bus to waterloo station because the tubes (metro) were on strike for some reason. The chunnel brought is into paris at around 5. We checked into our hotel, (that Mike booked) and it was the crappiest hotel ever and not even really downtown. But there was a bed and we were tired as s***! Once we got in we decided to ...