Railing thru Europe: Stop 3.6 Southern France – Monaco

Though Monaco is an independent country and the 2nd smallest country after the Vatican, we have decided to categorise it under Southern France as the city is part of the Côte d’Azur (also known as the French Riviera). Taking the train from Cannes to Monaco, we could see many nice beaches as well as the clear blue waters of the Mediterranean sea. Many rich and famous celebrities often come here for holidays and the city itself seems to exudes... Read More

Railing thru Europe: Stop 3.5 Southern France – Cannes

The next day, we were greeted with fantastic clear sky and sunny weather! We were pretty hype up about coming to Cannes as everytime we had heard about Cannes is about the ‘Cannes Film Festival’ as its one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious film festivals. It is held around May annually therefore we had already missed it. Nevertheless, it was still great being there basking in the atmosphere with surrounding palm trees and... Read More

Railing thru Europe: Stop 3.4 Southern France – Nice

Heading to Nice wasn’t as easy as we thought it was. Concurrent rains from the previous days had caused the railway tracks near the city of Toulon to be flooded and there was no way any train could head eastwards to Nice. As we had pre-booked our accommodation there, we had no choice but to get as close as possible to Nice and find alternate modes of transportation there. Fortunately, when we reached Marseille, we noticed a large group of people... Read More

Railing thru Europe: Stop 3.3 Southern France – Marseille

It continued to drizzle even as we arrived in St Charles train station at Marseille though we should take comfort that it didn’t rain cats and dogs. As we venture out from the main entrance we realised that it was located on top of a small hill and we could see the surroundings of the city from here, most notably is the Notre-Dame de la Garde perched on top of another hill. Main stairway seen from the Saint-Charles Station. You can make... Read More