After four and a half weeks in mostly cool temperatures we decided to head to the South of France for some sun and beach. We chose Nice (pronounced niece) as it looked to have all we were looking for and was conveniently located on the path to Italy. Although it seemed relatively small in comparison …
We had originally planned to spend 3 nights in Paris but after the first couple of nights we decided we weren’t going to have enough time, so we extended our stay. We stayed 6 nights total, in 3 different places all booked using airbnb (service allowing you to rent rooms in houses/apartments) which was a …
After leaving Bordeaux we headed North to meet up with my friend Alex and his girlfriend Marion who live in Brest, a small town on the very west coast of France. The region of Brittany (where Brest is) is really not a typical tourist destination, however Alex insisted it was not something to miss and …
Bordeaux was our first stop in France. Actually our first stop in France was in Hendaye, which is a small French town on the border between France and Spain. We arrived here on a transfer between San Sebastián and Bordeaux and only realized that we were in France when we noticed signs in the station …