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Sadly my time in the French Riviera has come to an end. On the train to cinque terre at the moment. France has been by far my best experience yet. It is a very, VERY beautiful country with a wide array of different landscapes packed into a small area. To the French, it seems like everything
Is treated like an artwork. If I had to pick a word to describe the country it would be harmony. From the amazing cuisine to the colorful houses to the graceful language, everything seemed very refined and in it's place. I remember seeing a light, faded pink apartment building and thinking about how well it fit with the surrounding turquise water and draping palm trees. Wound up meeting a nice German girl, meika, and a guy from Iowa named Kelly. To save some cash, we drank bottles of fine, bourdeux wine(one euro!) out of mcdonalds cups on the beach. The scene was very pretty, but unfortunatly the beach was covered by small stones rather than sand. All met up the next day for a jaunt over to Monaco. If the riviera is the playground of the rich and famous, then Monaco is the swingset. Yacht after multimillion dollar yacht were lined up in the harbor and the sounds of oceanliner hornes were constantly echoing around in the surrounding mountains. Managed to get a little sun, but for the most park the weather was overcast. Place was so
Expensive that even a nine euro pizza tasted like a frozen Tonys. Lukily meika
And Kelly were possibly even cheaper than me and I didn't spurge on some great overpriced seafood dish. My hostel wasn't the best, but did allow me to get some rest. I think I'll start booking a little farther ahead now that I'm getting into more Touristed areas. I've decided against going to Rome in Italy sine there are so many less expensie places to see and I'm thinking it make a nice vacation coupled with Greece in the future. So for now
It's to a outdoorsy area of five small owns strung out along coastal rocks, then headed to Florence and Venice. Ok missing the great views from the train!
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Missy you're drinking too much over there. quit it.