We awoke, packed up, and caught the bus to the train station. I watched the bags while the others collected some food for the trip, and then we boarded the train to Montpellier. This was sort of a compromise choice, as we are trying to fill time between Cannes and arriving in Barcelona on the …
We returned to Cannes by bus again, this time taking it all the way to the train station. There, we waited in line for a while and then made train reservations to Montpelier and Carcasonne. We then walked through the shopping district, which was a mixture of various high end and luxury stores. We then …
A lazy day – the first in a while. We woke late and took the bus into Cannes. There, we took a short circuit around the harbor riding in the top of an open double decker bus. We then got lunch and returned to the beach for the rest of the day. Back at the …
We woke and spent the morning at the hotel swimming pool. It was a nice, large outdoor pool, and we swam for perhaps an hour or two. We then packed some things together and took the bus, which stopped right in front of the hotel, back to Cannes, where we walked to the beach. The …
We awoke and had a very meager breakfast in the courtyard that is in back of our building. It was a sort of garden, with pieces of modern art displayed here and there. We then made our way to the train station. We arrived early, so Phyllis and I went back into town a bit …
Mostly travel day today. We left our rooms and took the bus to the train station and from there took the train to Venice. There, we walked out of the front of the station and, instead of cars on a road, found boats on a canal that ran in front of the station. It soon …
We awoke and headed to the supermarket near our room to get food. Went well, except that we were not allowed to buy the bananas we had selected for some reason that we were never able to understand. We then caught a bus to Fiesole, a small village on the mountain that overlooks Florence. There …
We awoke, checked out, and made the long walk to the Termini station. We slowly realized after several false starts that we were required to purchase reservations to ride any of the fast trains to Florence, which resulted in a long delay at the station, much waiting in lines, and a great deal of frustration. …
It was another difficult night for sleep. I had hoped Sunday night would be quiet, but the activity in the street below our window kept up into the early morning, and we had to keep the window open because of the heat. We slept in a bit, and were out the door around 10:30 or …
We slept in pretty late because of the noise the night before, and were out around 10:30. Headed to the Vatican. After leaving the metro, we stopped at a pizza place to pick up some slices to take with us. It was another hot day, and we were forced to stop on a sidewalk to …