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DAY 10: Talk about a [boring?] day - spent the whole thing on trains (virtually). Train from Madrid to Barcelona made us switch stations to get to the border that train was [very?] over-crowded (not to mention what seemed like the entire Spanish army). We stood and sat on the floor virtually all the way and we got in late so that with the ONE French customs official for still almost a full train after about half the people had gotten off we missed our connection and how to sit around for an hour to get to Narbonne. [Another?] train to a small town named Sete got us in about 6:00 pm (we left at 10:30 or so the night before) and a good sized hike up to a youth hostel at the top of a steep hill. Froze that night and had to get up early again the next morning. I want to go back to Sete some day though, seems like a really great town when all goes well.

DAY 11: Up at 7:00 am AGAIN! No one wants us to be able to sleep on this trip I guess, but that's what happens when you have to travel by train schedules, they're usually quite inconvenient. Anyway got into Nice about noon, found a hotel - really great people and 2 double beds; might actually get a good night's sleep for a change (dream on sucker!) Anyway had lunch in a