We finally arrived in Paris, right about at the stroke of midnight ... almost 3 hours later than the planned arrival time. For those who have seen Midnight in Paris, the movie, we were not transported into a different, "golden age", but we were transported into the excitement of being in this great city! After 2 additional train transfers and a short walk, we landed at our hotel just shy of 1:00 a.m.
There was a strike today with the train workers, at least on the local level in Nice, perfectly planned timing, as it is right when everyone was trying to get to Monaco. A few of us had managed to make it to Villefranche, a small village close to Nice, to go to the beach, after major problems with our overcrowded trains, however, when it came time to return to catch the train for Paris, no trains were to be found. We finally teamed up with three Britts who were there to celebrate one man's birthday, and go the the Grand Prix. The six of us shared a taxi back to Nice. The driver didn't get the message that we needed to get to the train station first, so we wouldn't miss our train, and was taking the English mine to their hotel first, so finally we just told the driver to drop us off, so we could run, and run we did... We made it in time to the station, only to find out it had been delayed! C'est la vie!
There was a strike today with the train workers, at least on the local level in Nice, perfectly planned timing, as it is right when everyone was trying to get to Monaco. A few of us had managed to make it to Villefranche, a small village close to Nice, to go to the beach, after major problems with our overcrowded trains, however, when it came time to return to catch the train for Paris, no trains were to be found. We finally teamed up with three Britts who were there to celebrate one man's birthday, and go the the Grand Prix. The six of us shared a taxi back to Nice. The driver didn't get the message that we needed to get to the train station first, so we wouldn't miss our train, and was taking the English mine to their hotel first, so finally we just told the driver to drop us off, so we could run, and run we did... We made it in time to the station, only to find out it had been delayed! C'est la vie!
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