Paris!

We under estimated Holy Week travel. Everyone in France seems to go somewhere, and they all take the trains. We planned to leave Nice in the morning, take the 4-5 hour train to Lyon, spend the afternoon and evening there, and then head to Paris (2 hour train) at a leisurely pace the next morning (yesterday).

Except, when we got to the train station, all the trains to Lyon were full. So we went to Marseille, thinking we could get a train out of there, which we did, although all the earlier ones were also full, and so we ended up in Lyon at 5 PM, which didn't leave much time for sightseeing - we were losing daylight. We decided to buy reservations early for our next day train to Paris, and lucky we did - the only one that had seats open was a 7AM.

So, we had to trade our day in Lyon for a extra day in Paris, which is really neat so far. We went to the Lourve last night (free for people under 26 on Friday evenings), and walked around the Latin quarter. Our hotel is pretty nice and has a super strong radiator - we're doing our laundry by hand, and its dry in no time. That's how you tell the place is a winner.

Much love.