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In 2006, I was in the south of France on 4th of July. Of course, in France the 4th doesn’t have any significance, so we spent the evening swimming in Cassis, near Marseilles. The 14th of July however, is Bastille Day – France’s national day of celebration, commemorating the storming of the Bastille in 1789. [...]

So we left on the Eurostar to London at 8am. Ended up just buying breakfast on the train, and it was pretty good! It was really cool getting to London so early and thankfully we were able to check right in at our hotel, which was awesome so we got to unpack stuff and just [...]

So today we went to the same bakery and the same McDonald’s, lol. Then we headed to the Arc de Triomphe and did the Champs-Elysees walk. We climbed to the top of the Arc de Triomphe, 284 steps (I didn’t count them, I read that in the Rick Steve’s book, when I was trying to [...]

Started the day off with pastries and McDonald’s… what? Yes… McDonald’s coffee. We went to the bakery across the street and I got pan raisin and an apricot pastry and then to the McDonald’s next door for cheap coffee. Then we did the Historic Paris walk from the Notre Dame around the south bank of [...]

So I woke up way to early, showered, added a few things from the fridge to the “give-away” pile and then headed to St. Charles station. My pack is mysteriously heavier than on the way over. I can’t figure it out. All I have extra is 1 bottle of wine and 2 tank tops AND [...]

Best day ever! So after taking a short tour of CMA/CGM (the shipping company) we headed to the winery. First we took a tour of the olive oil process part, then the wine process and then went in for some wine tasting. The white wine was my favorite, red was not so great… Then we [...]

Yay, every day should be a ½ day of class! We get so much more accomplished! After we went on the bus tour to the port we had lunch and then went back to the Citadines before heading to the train station around 3. We got to Arles about 30 min. early. The bull fight [...]

So this evening we went to this Thai place near the port. The food was good, but the company was a little off. ;) Someone invited like 5 of the North Carolina guys to go and so it was kind of awkward, they made us all feel really old. It’s strange what a huge gap [...]

We had to be at class 30 min. early this am, but thankfully we got a 2 hour lunch. I could really get used to that! We walked down to the restaurant by the pool (on-campus) and I had an awesome salad. It was huge! So we found this GIGANTIC park just down the Prado [...]

So we went to this little café for breakfast in one of the [many] little squares in Nice. I got a crepe and coffee. Then we walked through the huge market area that we pretty much missed yesterday, and then did a tiny bit of shopping. I finally found some sunglasses and also bought a [...]