We’ve found ourselves back in the south of France, this time in Nice in the Côte d’Azur area. The overnight sleeper from Paris to Nice was comfortable enough, where we shared a 4 bed (2 bunk) cabin with an elderly couple, so it was definitely quiet enough and easier on the back and neck than… Continue reading Nice, FR
Paris, FR (Part II)
Day 5: Of all the museums in all the world, Christina had singled out The Louvre as the one that she wanted, absolutely for sure, to see. Having seen a huge lineup outside on our previous walk-by, we made a point of getting up early and arriving before the doors opened. Getting up before 9:00AM felt… Continue reading Paris, FR (Part II)
Paris, FR (Part I)
Day 1. Our arrival in Paris’ Gare de l’Est came fairly quickly, since we caught a TGV fast train from Luxembourg. We were given directions by our apartment host to take the Number 4 metro from the station to the St. Michel stop, easy enough – except that we decided to arrive at the wrong… Continue reading Paris, FR (Part I)
“Moien” Luxembourg City, LU
Aside from the unusually early morning, our train ride to Luxembourg was quite pleasant. Our tickets routed us through Metz instead of Paris, as we would have had to change not only trains, but stations as well in the big city. We rode for about 7 hours, which gave us lots of time for napping,… Continue reading “Moien” Luxembourg City, LU
Lyon, FR
We left Avignon just in time! The rain was rolling in while we waited at the station, and during the first part of our trip the deluge was so dense, and our train so fast, that it seemed to be raining sideways. We arrived to skies that were dry, if not quite blue, and made… Continue reading Lyon, FR
Avignon, FR
Our arrival in Avignon was smooth, albeit a little later than we had initially planned. We made a newbie mistake and had checked the ‘Arrivals’ board in the Montpellier train station and thus were late for our real train by a mere 5 minutes and therefore had to wait for the next train 1.5 hours… Continue reading Avignon, FR
Montpellier, FR
As already in mentioned in Dan’s previous blog post, we found ourselves in Montpellier by accident since this was as close to Avignon we could book from Barcelona. We had a short stint here and enjoyed this small city more than expected. Our hotel was only a 3 minute walk from the train station and… Continue reading Montpellier, FR
Barcelona, ES (part 2)
Day 3: Barcelona comes equipped with a number of beaches, and we had earmarked our third day for a visit. We took the bus, though the walk would later prove to be only about a half hour, and took a stroll along the boardwalk to see what sort of beach we were at. Almost before… Continue reading Barcelona, ES (part 2)
Barcelona, ES (part 1)
Day 1: Our train from Sevilla departed at a relatively early time of 9AM, and cruised through increasingly greener and more interesting landscape as we made our way east. Apparently our route took us north as well, through Madrid, but we didn’t even notice. It was a high-speed express train, so we spent most of… Continue reading Barcelona, ES (part 1)
Sevilla, ES
We are now back in Spain, exploring the southern-ish part of the country in the Andalucia region. Sevilla isn’t the type of city that you would consider beautiful by simply looking at it from a vantage point. You really need to see it up close to appreciate the architecture, the people and the history. In… Continue reading Sevilla, ES