France to Italy!

Well I am currently in Florence right now. We got here at about 5:30 this evening and we're out in the heart of Florence at the moment, we were supposed to be at a karaoke bar but me and some girls left because it was ridiculously crowded and noisy and just not fun at all, so we're here at an internet cafe instead! The ride from France to Italy wasn't too bad, I tried to sleep through most of it, but it didn't quite work.

Anyways, in the few days before we left France we went from Ville Franchee to Antibes and got to stop at Baune and Lyon on the way :) Lyon was kind of neat to see, and Baune was pretty fricken cute! Um, once we got to Antibes we went to a bowling alley which was kind of funny, that's really the only thing to do there! But it was good fun!

We got to go and see Monacco as well as the Montecarlo casino which was quite the sight but even Monaco and Montecarlo just themselves are awesome to see! Lots of nice cars :P Also we got to see the palace of the royal family that has been ruling the country for 700ish years, which is cool, amazing view from the top!

Day after that we went to see Nice, so we took the train in and did lots of shopping and we saw the chateau that's there and that was a really great view from the top, had ourselves some lovely French food :) and then we went over to the beach which sadly was rock, and went for a swim in the mediteranian sea and YES everyone, I did in fact go topless for a little bit, maybe like 10 mins, not even, hah but at least I can say that it's something I've done!! It was lots of fun that day, the only shitty bit was standing on the train platform for a half hour :( but oh well, that's part of the adventure, anyways I'm quickly running out of time so I best hop off right about now, I get to spend the day in Florence tmo and then it's off to Rome, the Eternal City, can't wait!!!!

Cheers!
-Holly

Ville Franchee

Ville Franchee is where we're staying tonight, and stayed last night as well. It's a pretty small little place with not a heck of a lot to do except go bowling. Today was good though, we went up to the Chateau du Cruix for wine tasting and I actually enjoyed it!! Imagine that! Then I went and sat on the grass in the sun and essentially didn't move for quite a few hours, minus a dip in the freezing cold pool. I am payind dearly for not wearing sun screen though, but at least I didn't end up with sun stroke, though I do feel like I'm getting a little bit sick because I think I'm not really used to these 14 hour days and its hard on my system. Tomorrow we're headed for Monaco where it'll probably be warm, and with my lovely burn that should be just wonderful...not. That's about it for now, ttyl!!

Cheers!
-Holly

London to France

I arrived in London safe and sound after the lovely 9 hour flight. There was great entertainment on the plane which was nice, I watched Inkheart and the Princess Bride ad bits and pieces of other movies, so it was good. I didn't manage to sleep which kind of sucked but what can you do. London wasn't too exciting really, mind you we didn't get to see anything and we were tired and cranky so we didn't really enjoy ourselves there but thats ok. Then it was off to Paris, and we got to do a bus tour and saw all the wonderful places there. I managed to get myself to the top of the Eiffel tower which was really cool! Saw lots of really great things there, though some of the panhandlers are a little nerve wracking. But all in all I'm having lots of fun here, we're currently in Beaujolais and we're doing wine tasting tomorrow which will be lots of fun I'm sure. Anyways I'm borrowing a friends computer to type this so I'm going to give it back because I'm sure she wants it back! So I'll do a proper update later, cheers!!

-Holly