From Zagreb to Paris takes a the better part of a day. I take a night train from Zagreb to Munich, Germany and from Munich another train to Mannheim, Germany. Finally a train from Mannheim to Paris. Walking out from the metro stop at opera I feel like I am home. The feeling of familiarity […]

I had several authentic French dining experiences in Paris and I have to say that they were all good. Most restaurants have a 3-4 course meals and the prices aren’t too bad. The first area was by the Châtelet area where waiters stand on the outside of their restaurants in an attempt to get people […]

Hello friends. Sad news but my Dell XPS m1330 has died after in its first 7months of use. I am guessing that the graphics card has overheated since I get vertical lines during boot and during initial post, before bios even pops up. I still have a 1 year warranty so hopefully I can get […]

Notre Dame is a place I’ve already seen and from my initial glance of it I was a little bit disappointed. This time around I went to check out the towers of Notre Dame with Mark, Tim, Jasen and Chad. This time I also had my 70-300mm zoom lens and was able to see some […]

Besides the famous Treaty of Versailles, I really don’t know much about it. Versailles is a 30-40minute RER ride from Paris. It costs about 2€, but in our case if you forget to buy a ticket prior to getting on the train, hope that a nice cute girl is running the gates on the other […]

The train strike had backed up all the schedule trains to Paris. Now all the trains out of Nice had been booked until the following Wednesday. Luckily EasyJet had released several cheap flights and a ticket from Nice to Pari was 29€. However EasyJet does nickel and dime you with baggage fees and charges for […]

Sacha and I had met up with the Americans the day before to grab some lunch. Aja, Drew, Daniella and Naomi were waiting for us by the time we arrived at the fountain. We quickly selected a restaurant with outdoor seating. We were given English menus and Sacha, Drew and I all ordered the salmon. […]

The village of Eze is located between Nice and Monaco and is again a 1€ bus ride over. It is a steep climb through a small village to get to the top. At the very top of Eze is an exotic garden which has some of the best views of southern France’s coastline. The gardens […]

Dan, who was staying in the same room in our hostel, worked in the film industry and was in town for the Cannes Film Festival. He was kind enough to drive us over the Cannes in his rental car. Julie (Canadian from our hostel), Stephanie and I got to Nice around 4:30pm, which meant that […]

Next to our hostel is smaller liquor store. The prices are about 1€ more than the Monoprix, but since the Monoprix closes early and these are actually cold it’s well worth the price. Nice is one of those places where it feels perfectly normal to walk around with bottles or cans of beer in your […]