Day 7 – Nice to Barcelona Today was our travel day from Nice to Barcelona, and it was far from smooth. We started the morning with one last meal in Nice before hiking up to a beautiful viewpoint we had been looking forward to seeing for months.  From there, we went to the airport, where… Read more

Day 6 – Day Trip to Cannes Today was our first laundry day. We brought about a week’s worth of clothes with us in order to fit everything into one backpack each. Today was day 6, and tomorrow was a travel day from Nice to Barcelona, so the timing worked out perfectly. We found a… Read more

Day 5 – Menton Day Trip from Nice We woke up around 8am today and immediately realized we needed to sleep for another hour. In the past, we always rushed things because we knew we’d have to return home soon. Every time we push ourselves too hard, we end up getting sick at the end… Read more

08:26 We arrived around 10:15pm last night in Nice. Upon exiting the train, we were greeted with a wave of humidity that we hadn’t felt in Paris. Immediately, we were both reminded of Southeast Asia, although this humidity was nowhere near the same level. We followed the crowd of people exiting the train into the… Read more

16:14 I’m on a train right now headed for Nice in Southern France. The train feels quite old and the ventilation isn’t great. The train car currently smells like sweat and body odor. We purchased a second-class ticket, so I suppose maybe that’s why it was cheaper. We had a few bumps in the road… Read more

09:46 I didn’t sleep well last night. We went to bed around 10:30pm and woke up around 2:30am. Sara went right back to sleep, but I mistakenly thought it was much closer to morning, so I checked the time and the light blasted me in the face. I didn’t sleep for at least three hours… Read more

14:19 We just arrived in Paris. We took the train from the airport into the city and then walked about 15 minutes to our hotel. My first impression of Paris was just how dense it felt. Tokyo and New York are dense cities too, but Paris felt dense in a different way. I think part… Read more

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a fascination with liminal spaces.  I remember going to airports as a child and having this strange feeling of sentimentality watching people come and go. Movie theaters, hotel lobbies, and walking through schools at night are all examples of liminal spaces that give me a similar… Read more