Oh I am an awful blogger, I've waited so long to finish posting about our Europe trip and now it's 
hard to remember everything! After Paris we went down to the South of France. We stayed in Aix-en-Provence, which we picked because it seemed like it would be a central location, but it turned out to be really inconvenient because we had to take a train into Marseille in order to get anywhere. It was still a really cute little town though, and I'm glad we got to see it.
By the time we found our hotel the first day we didn't have much time, so we decided to just explore Marseille. It's not the nicest city, has a real industrial feel to
it, and we definitely didn't want to be there after dark. The only thing we really wanted to do there was go to the major cathedral, which was WAY up on a hill, so you can see the whole city and out on the water and stuff. So, we took the metro to what looked like the nearest stop, and figured that everyone must just walk from there.
it, and we definitely didn't want to be there after dark. The only thing we really wanted to do there was go to the major cathedral, which was WAY up on a hill, so you can see the whole city and out on the water and stuff. So, we took the metro to what looked like the nearest stop, and figured that everyone must just walk from there.We were wrong. People don't walk, they take the bus that goes right up there. After hiking uphill for what seemed like forever, we started to realize this probably wasn't the best way, but we had already come so far we didn't want to turn around. Then we came upon this giant sheer rock face, straight up, and the cathedral was at the top. At this point Steve was like, no way, we are not going up there. We were already sweaty from walking up all the steep streets to get to this point, and it really did look ridiculously daunting. So I did my best Jillian Michaels impression to motivate us to keep going ;) We went around to the other side where there were lots of winding stairs to get up the 
hill.... and finally made it! Right before sunset, so we got to enjoy a beautiful view, and then hurry all the way back to the metro to try to get out of the city before it got too dark and scary.
hill.... and finally made it! Right before sunset, so we got to enjoy a beautiful view, and then hurry all the way back to the metro to try to get out of the city before it got too dark and scary.The next day we took the train to Cannes. The film festival was going on, so it was really crazy there, but fun. They had all these tents along the beach for VIPs and music playing out on the beach, and we kept seeing paparazzi following people, but they must have been European stars because we didn't recognize anyone. We did check out the theater and the red carpet, but mostly we just enjoyed time on a really beautiful beach!
The next morning we went to Monaco, which was really, really pretty. They were setting up for the Grand Prix, so we got to see some of that excitement. We went to the casino first, but it wasn't open yet, so we went on a tour of the palace. Then we just wandered around for a little bit 
and hopped back on the bus returning to Nice. We really only spent like 20 total minutes in Nice, we just walked down to the beach, walked up and down it for a minute, and decided we'd rather be back in Cannes. I think Nice is probably a cool city, but the beach was totally unappealing, all rocks! So we took the train back to Cannes and enjoyed a little more beach time for our last day in France.
and hopped back on the bus returning to Nice. We really only spent like 20 total minutes in Nice, we just walked down to the beach, walked up and down it for a minute, and decided we'd rather be back in Cannes. I think Nice is probably a cool city, but the beach was totally unappealing, all rocks! So we took the train back to Cannes and enjoyed a little more beach time for our last day in France.
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