I went on a last minute, spur of
the moment, insane trip down to the South of France with my friends Savannah,
Megan, Ashley, Sierra, and Rachel this weekend.
I came in from Belgium Thursday night and we spent the night at a hotel
called “F1 Roissy PN2” in Paris by the airport so that we could catch our 7:00
am flights. I’m not kidding about the
name. It was such a funny hotel with the
bathrooms down the hall. The showers
turned on for thirty-second intervals and were freezing cold. I slept for a total of 3 hours before having
to figure out how to fly by myself in France.
Everything went without a hitch and I feel so proud to know how to
travel in a foreign country alone!
Our hostel
in the South was amazing!
(beach cover-ups and heels in our hostel with Savannah and Sierra)
It was part of
a group of hostel’s called “Hostel International.” I stayed in a bunk bed dorm with 8 beds for
women. We had us 6 in the same room and
then a young Korean girl and an old Australian woman. She was 56 and she has cancer. She told us that is why she is traveling all
over Europe. She is a “true hippy” in
her words. She only wears clothes in
purple or green. She told us we could borrow her clothes and tried to get us to
wear one of her crazy medieval purple lace dresses out on the town. It was difficult to say no to that….
Every day
she woke up and demanded where she was and almost scratched her hair off. She
was a very paranoid sleeper. She told us
stories about her crazy life. I think
she’s lonely to be traveling alone but she is so courageous for living her dreams. She had a photo album with her and she kept
it open on our table in the room to a picture of her dog. She said he would “watch over the room.” She would make demands of her picture like
“make sure no one gets in today, keep our room safe.” Or “make sure the men leave these girls
alone.” The Korean girl said like 2
words ever.
We visited
Nice, Cannes, and Villefrance sur-mer.
All we did was go to the beach, which is good because I’m going to Nice
for a longer time with Parents when they come down here. It was amazing! It was like Paris by the ocean with nicer
people and Italian influence! The houses were beautiful old buildings in pastel
colors. The water was a beautiful
turquoise and the weather was warmer and salty like the beach. Cannes was overrated. We went there because we were told that the
beaches are sandy but I prefer New Port to Cannes. Villefrance sur-mer is a small rocky beach
with a beautiful port and houses overlooking a cliff. It was our favorite spot.
Villefranche sur-mer
Nice has a great night atmosphere too. Its safe because everyone is walking around
all night and the lights make it as bright as day. All I wanted was to find someone to take us
out on their yacht. No such luck! 
Cocoa Beach in Nice, France
Being by
the beach made me ridiculously homesick.
I kept thinking about Santa Cruz and New Port and how much I miss and
love my family. I really am so blessed
to live where I live. France has just
made me want to travel and see everything; but I am lucky to know that the
things I have seen in California really are some of the most amazing in the
entire world. Going to the Côte d’Azur
has also made me want to go to the warm blue beaches in the Caribbean and
Mexico… my next trip will be to Cabo!
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