"All the lights go down as I crawl into the spaces..." Sorry it's so late. I've been in bit of an internet black hole since Marseille. As I left Nice I met Cristine, who is from Montreal and spoke fluent French! So handy! And then it turns out she was going to Marseille for the day so I had my own translator. We meet another one of her friends and explored all day. Around gardens, various neighbour hoods, up the hill to the Notre Dame, and all around the port. ...

"Hey! You think see me..." Let's just get past it right now, yes Nice is nice. Ok, went there. The views the coast the beach, all epic! Although the beach is rocks. And they ship the rocks in! Why not ship sand? Rookie error. Anyway water is still so amazing, crystal clear and so warm. There was even some rocks off to the side of the beach to throw yourself off. Naturally this was a days activity for us. Us ended up being a great group of new friends Kate, Han,...

"Im not easily offended, gotta let it go..." Back on the road after Munich. And back on the road alone again. I left Munich after a few more sensible beers and trained it for 11hrs across Germany Switzerland and into France and Lyon! I didn't have long planned in Lyon. Very expensive to stay there for a backpacker. I used the one full day I had to explore what I had heard was the best places from a local. The old town, along the Rhine and Saone banks, Fourvieve ...