From France to Spain

Another full day on the train. Today from Nice-Ville to Barcelona, Spain with a change in Montpillier-St Roche. We are now on the Montpiller to Barcelona and there is a noticeable difference between French and Spanish trains. The former and modern, clean, and well run, the latter not so much. This is First Class yet it is very loud, smells strongly of diesel, and appears to date from the early seventies.


This is a French train seat






This is a Spanish train seat....






We spend the morning crossing the entire southern coast of France. This is a really spectacular area and the weather is wonderful -- mid-sixties and clear blue skies. Much of this area is agricultural, We have crossed miles of vineyards and fruit orchards.
We had lunch in during out stop in Montpillier. I had a great “Montengarde” sandwich with Raceltte cheese and bacon. Kath went for the Poullet (Chicken) sandwich. I won. We shared a nice apple tart and due to a little mis-communication we ended up with a single and two double-espressos. They arrived with thich golden crema but sadly it was only an illusion, as they proved to be just coffee underneath.

We get into Barcelona at 9:45 tonight.