The Hell train.

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Just like every other city on this trip we were sad to see Barcelona go. We took the morning train out with our new found friend Dan. Our train left Barcelona at 8:45am and as to be expected we made it with 4 minutes to spare. Mal and I sat with a nice couple from LA on our first train and had a lovely conversation until it was interupted by an angry Spanish women somwhere along the French countryside. Apperently the gentlemen from LA couldnt control the volume of his voice and shortly into the trip at the four hour mark the Spanish women abrutly let us know. Our second train wasnt quite as pleasent. Apperently when headed to the nicest part of the country they turn the air conditioning off in hopes riding the train of poor folk. We held strong by making jokes about our train neighbors who happen to be two 6 foot 5 germans facing each other whos knees couldnt be more then 4 inches from each others privates. Apart from the germans misfortune we enjoyed the deathly stares from across our seats from an elderly french women who didnt say a word. When we didnt have anything to laugh about we spent our three hour ride gazing out the window into the deep green sea. As we were getting closer and closer to Nice you began to understand how nice the French riveria really is. We passed through Cannes and almost entirely bailed out on Nice on the basis of how nice their beaches were but again we held strong. We arrived into Nices' central station to a view we didnt expect, Asian markets and Indian kabab stands in every direction. Once again we told ourselves millions of others have said how much they loved this place lets enjoy it. We found our hostel in no time at all; mainly because its 100 meters from the station. Once again Mallory booked us in the redlight district of Nice. Once again we were greeted by 3 traveling Americans, 2 Canadians, and as I call them zeee Germans. Mal and I in true form spent the evening wondering the streets of Nice on our way to the beach. We watched the sun go down and the lights come up. It truly is a beautiful place, we wondered the street markets and poked our heads in expensive shops knowing all well we couldnt afford the toilet paper let alone the product. When we arrived back at the hostel our roommates were enjoying a few bottles of wine which we happily joined in on. Zee Germans were drinking somethinng known as Desperado.....beer mixed with tequilla. I awoke to another pounding headache and Mallory tuging to go to the beach. We took the regional train with our Canadian friends over to Monaco and in true poor backpacker fashion arrived at the Monte Carlo in our bikinis and board shorts. I took pictures of every ferrari, maserati, porsche, audi, etc. I saw the entire day. This place is literally a car show. We spent the afternoon swimming in the Mediterranean where you could see clear to the bottom in 40 ft of water. We took a different route back to the train station through the marina and enjoyed the spectacle of all the billionaires yachts. Let me just say that England has a lot of rich people as we saw more english flags than anywhere else. I took a picture of the one American boat; it was a 20ft dingy. For dinner I had Chinese while Mal partook in a new experience of Indian kababs, to her disbelief she loved it. We all spent the rest of the evening watching the sun go down against our backs while we drank wine on the beach. This city has truly been a great place. We are super excited for the train tomorrow as were headed to Cinque Terre, this place has been built up by everyone we talk to. We love and miss everyone and cant believe were nearing our halfway mark. Honestly we will try to upload pictures as soon as possible; it's much more difficult then we thought.

much love,


Things we learned in Nice:
1) The train is honestly from Hell
2)The french are not assholes, just parisians.
3) the red light districts arent so bad and really cheap.....;)
4) Monaco has more money invested in the marble streets than America has invested in education.
5) Zee Germans do love Hasselhoff
6) Nice has a McWalk through. It's awesome.

Things we loved in Nice:;
1) the beach
2) the Kebab
3) the laid back lifestyle and hopes of millionaires dropping money
4) that neither of us have worn a watch in more then 2 weeks.



love,
m&m