All set for spring break. Finally.

After annoying an SNCF employee for about 45 minutes yesterday at Gare Montparnasse, Jon and I finally have our spring break plans finalized. But that stressful process came with some unfortunate sacrifices and left us with some important choices to make.

We planned to take a train from Paris to Marseille on Sunday, but alas that is not the case. The SNCF decided to extend their strike through the weekend, so there aren't any trains going to southern France until the weekend is over. Also, since Monday is a French holiday that I'm unfamiliar with, the trains are either ridiculously expensive or even worse, full.

So that leaves us with a couple options: First, we could just go with our current plans and take a train to Nice on Tuesday. Or, we could rent a car, and make the trek down to Marseille on the highway...

12:20 a.m.
So it looks like we're driving to Marseille at about 8:30 on Sunday morning, and we'll be doing our trip as planned. Just to give you an idea of what's ahead for our trip, here's our long list of cities for the two-week epic adventure:

• Marseille
• Aix-en-Provence
• Nice
• Antibes
• Cannes
• Villefranche
• Eze (Google it)
• Genoa
• Cinque Terre (Google that too)
• Rome
• Florence
• Venice
• Zurich, for about 2 hours

And that doesn't include our ridiculous roundabout trip from Venice to Paris. For that trip alone, we're stopping in four cities in three countries before arriving home after midnight. Milan, Zurich, Basel, Strasbourg, and finally Paris. Good thing I bought The Little Prince in French, should keep me pretty busy..

Really though, I can't remember a time I've been more excited in my life. This will be a trip I'll always remember, and can't wait to get it started. It should be quite an adventure, and I look forward to writing about it in a couple weeks. By then, I'll have to sift through thousands of pictures, but for now, I'll leave you with one of my favorites from the top of Arc de Triomphe. À Bientot!