Ups and downs

Slightly reminiscent of San Francisco, parts of Barcelona also have their ups and downs. The local authority have installed escalators though to make the ups a little easier
On our way.... epic journey number 3

Leaving the fabulous Barcleona behind as we start out 9 hr journey to Nice. We have eaten our lunch... downloaded some movies and have snacks.
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Home for the next 8.5 hours

TGV to Narbonne, then Marseille and finally Nice. 2088 passengers and every seat is full. First we travel through the Pyrenees so should be a spectacular start followed by a run along theもっと詳しく
Into France

Into France through a tunnel under the Often at 275 kmh. Country number 3, here we come.
Delayed in Perpignan

Delayed in Perpignan so going to miss our connection in Narbonne. Hopefully another train will be along.
Staying Fluid

As with all plans involving public transport we have had to improvise. Due to SNCF running out of electricity our 15:25 departure from Narbonne is now going to be 19:19. This means that we can not getもっと詳しく
Not the day we planned

So here we are waiting at Montpellier station for a train to Marseille. Our current ticket is useless so a very kind SNCF ticket booth operator got two bits of scrap paper and made us tickets Blueもっと詳しく
nous sommes arrivés

A little later than planned but we are in Marseille. I'm treating my bird to a class slap up meal of take away pizza and a bottle of JP Chenet. Ladies you have no idea,what your missing.
Lots of stairs

A great place to stay last night and at just £43 A real bargain. The 93 steps up the spiral staircase were hard work though. Back to the station now to see if the trains are running.
What a day

We have finally arrived at our accommodation in Nice, 24 hours after we left Barcelona and a trip that should have taken 8. Turns out that the poor folks who work for SNCF, on their 36 hour a weekもっと詳しく
A beautiful sight

Insise the Castle Hill Parc lies the 2nd biggest man made waterfall in Europe is a beauutiful creation. At 233 feet above sea level it is a hard walk from the town but worth every step. There is alsoもっと詳しく
More wine

Following our climb that quite frankly would put Hillary to shame we descended in our dehydrated state to find a life saving oasis named locally as Babel Babel. Around this watering hole we found theもっと詳しく
He must taste amazing!!

If your a moz... I sleep next to the man and I have 0 bites... he has 27!!! Honestly older meat must be better!!!
The strike is over!

Very happy to see the trams running again... off to Genoa. Bye for now France.
Playground of the rich and famous

Flying visit into country number 4. Even the train station is opulent..
A stroke of luck

So we are on our way to Genova and we have to swap trains from French to Italian in the first town across the border called Ventimiglia. Now, due to a rather nice twist we have about 4 hours until ourもっと詳しく
Exploring the home of exploring

The home of Christopher Columbus. We have arrived in our home for the next two nights and our first overnight in Italy.
Home from home

We miss the car so much but we've been teased with a glimpse of home to warm our hearts.
Pushing the boat out

So tonight I treated the Memsahib to a takeaway Chinese, on a park bench with rose wine in plastic cups. Stop it, that's enough applause. And get your own fella to spoil you.
Pieces of Eight

The Neptune. Built for the film Pirates in 1985. Not real but still an impressive sight.
Found some more penguins

Had a fabulous visit this morning to the Acquario di Genova.
They had enormous tanks filled with all sorts of aquatic life including some fantastic dolphins.
Very highly recommended.
Home of Columbus

We found the home of Christopher Columbus. A modest little house for someone with such great navigational skills. Do wonder how he would feel now seeing his discovery completed "Trumped"
Again!

TrenItalia has now run out of electricity. Seems to be a common issue down here. Only issue is 124 sweaty people in a tin can with no windows makes for an interesting atmosphere.
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It really leans!

We have arrived in Pisa and after finding a bag b and b... we have arrived at the main attraction... you hear about it and its used a lot in sayings but you are not aware of its sheer magnificence.もっと詳しく
Wow!