We left Cass's cousins and sisters to head back to Rome and we caught a train over the Italian border into France where we stopped in Nice for the night. From here we back-tracked slightly and spent a night in Monaco with a couchsurfer and looked incredibly out-of-place with our backpacks, surrounded by mega-yachts with helicopters on their decks and Ferraris and Porsches. It was interesting to couchsurf in one of the richest countries, which spans just 2.2 square kilometres and has 30 000 occupants! We boarded another train and met up with another couchsurfer, Nikolai, who hosted us in Marseille for 2 nights. He took us exploring and we had a great time. A definite highlight of the place was the hike through the national park, but like most places we have seen so far, it would be better in warmer weather.
The view of Nice from La Colline du Cháteau.
This was at the end of our walk in Parc National des Calanques (France's newest national park) ... it was well worth the walk.
Nikolai showing us how the mermaids like to rest.
Cameron wanted to get his feet in the Mediterranean, though it was a little frosty.
Happy hiker.
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We are an Australian couple who love to travel as much as we can. Our first backpacking adventure began in 2007 when we travelled through Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and southern China for 3 months before settling in Beijing for 6 months to teach English. Beijing proved a great base to earn enough money to continue travelling as Cameron managed to get to South Korea and Japan for 2 months, before we both went to Canada at the end of 2008. We then worked and travelled in Canada and the US for about 8 months before heading home to finish university.
After graduating university, Cameron as a secondary English and Social Science teacher and Cassie as a human services worker, we worked for two years before heading off for our next adventure. This time, we left Australia on Christmas day 2012 and travelled through Europe for 4 months before heading for Central America. We initially intended to travel in Central America for 3 months but ended up staying for eleven. This trip has seen us travel through over 20 countries in 12 months and we are not intending to stop just yet!
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