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France

At 6:00 PM June 3, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:01 a.m. Sunset (local): 9:12 p.m.	Weather 65°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 143 mi / 231 km Cumulative Total 5560 mi / 8953 km	Lat: 43° 18' 05" N Lon: 5° 22' 15" E Elev: 128 ft / 39 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Marseille
Where We're Staying: Florence's fine abode
Places We Visited: Collège Internationale de Valbonne, Sophia-Antipolis, Massif de l'Esterei, Cogolin, Toulon
Featured Site: Collège Internationale de Valbonne, Sophia-Antipolis
Person of the Day: Joel Stratte-McClure, journalist extraordinaire
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: anywhere else but France, cheese would be a humble, simple food of the day; Breakfast: cereal, yogurt, fruit and coffee; Lunch: Ham-and-cheese sandwiches with tomatoes and cucumber, cookies, chocolate, and lemon drink; Dinner: couscous, shishkebabs, salade méchouia, Tunisian salad; Olive count: 2247
Word of the Day: "Oh la la!" is a phrase you hear all the time in France. It is used when a speaker is surprised or moved by something he or she sees or hears. In this sense it means something like "Oh my goodness!" or "Wow!" So, for example, when we told the students at the Collège Internationale de Valbonne that we had biked almost the entire Mediterranean, one of them exclaimed "Ah! Oh la la!" in amazement.
Tech Fact of the Day: the World War II Allied landing on the Côte d'Azur: Flat Count (Cumulative): 37; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 32

Next Stop: We will stay in Marseille for another day

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