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 [...]

It’s Sunday and like most places in France, everything is closed. The Monoprix (grocery store), H&M (clothing), and even the Kebab place where I get my lunches from are all closed. Sundays are for relaxing. Everyone heads for the beach and when in Nice, do as the… Nicians?

Today is also Giang’s last day in Nice [...]

A bus ride to Monaco is 1€ via bus and takes about 30minutes, just enough time to fall asleep to catch a power nap. Monaco is a sovereign state located along the Mediterranean just east of Nice. It is famous of racing and its congregation of tax-avoiding wealth. The next day Stephanie, Gene, Giang and [...]

My friend Stephanie was able to make it out here to Paris to join Giang and I on a trip down to Nice, in southern France. The original purpose of the trip was to go to the Cannes Film Festival, but after researching it turns out that was not possible. Hotel rates skyrocket for this [...]

I have many pictures that were taken in Paris that really don’t belong under a single posting. So I’ll just put them all in here.
Giang and I went to Jim Morisson’s grave. We were hoping to meet up with Gene there but we never found him. After the cemetery, we stopped to get some ice [...]

Velib stations are everywhere. They light up bright green in the night with a few red lights here and there. Velib is a public bike rental service. People pay for a membership in periods of a single day, a week, a month, or a year and in return receive rentals of bicycles at these stations. [...]

Paris’ metro system runs until right around 1:30am or 2am. The last metro ride I’ve ever gotten was right around 1:45am. After that time, much like London, night buses take over. Here are some pictures of Paris’ metro when its empty.

There’s an eerie feeling about riding the subway when there’s barely anyone there. Light flickers [...]