I'm back...

Well…I finally made it home just after 2 a.m. last night, after a very long day of traveling.

It was a great trip. We covered a lot of ground, but also saw a whole lot. The weather was incredible except for one morning of rain while we were on Corsica. The only bad thing was having to carry our stuff everywhere. Most train and bus stations have taken out all of their lockers for security reasons, so we didn’t have anywhere to leave it.

Last Sunday we left Nice and headed down to Aix-En-Provence, to stay with Mandy’s friend from school. I really like it there. It was different than the rest of France. It definitely had a "South of France" feel with more stone and adobe type houses.

On Monday we went to Marseille. I was not thoroughly impressed with it. It is the second largest city and France, so it was really busy and dirty. We did take the little tourist train up to a church on a hill overlooking the city. That was a lot of fun, and the view from the top was excellent. You could see all of Marseille, all the way from the mountains to the sea.

That night we took the ferry over to Ajaccio on Corsica. It was a long night because it was hard to sleep on the ferry. We were going to take a train to the top of the island where we were staying. They are working on the tracks, so they have taken all train routes and changed them to buses. It was probably better that we were on the bus because we were able to see a whole lot more. I was amazed at the scenery of Corsica. I didn’t know it, but they have mountains that are over 6,000 feet tall. We left Ajaccio and within about 25 or 30 minutes we were already in the mountains, which still had some snow.

The bus ride was almost 3 hours, but well worth it because I got to see a great deal of the island. While on Corsica we stayed in Ile Rousse. From there we visited Calvi and Bastia. All these places were little city with great beaches and a little port. Everything was really quiet because it was still the off-season. It was both good and bad. It was nice that it was relaxing, but there were also a lot of places that hadn’t even opened yet.

On Thursday night we took the ferry back from Bastia to Toulon, and from there we went back to Nice to fly into Bale. We actually landed just after 9 pm, but we had to wait for the next train back to Belfort, which wasn’t until 1 am.

Although I am still sore and tired I had a good time!!!! I really enjoyed seeing another region of France. I took so many pictures I don’t even know where to start with them. I will put them up as soon as I am finished. I know what I will be doing all week!!!!

Now it is time for me to go back to school. I have another 5 weeks before I have another two-week break. It really isn't TOO long. (Although it seems like it rigth now.)