Which bus or train?

[zulu144]

Hey, what bus number or train should i get from ether if i were to be coming from Paris to Aubagne, or Marseille to Aubagne. Please,state the charges and times (cheap preferable).

Found good info, but fear might be outdated. You know how constant transportation changes undergo. Voltigeur website had few;
busline--bouches de rhone ligne no.68A (2.50 euros) stops at pole de exchange Aubagne...is it correct??

Train---Gare St.Charles to Aubagne (then 15mins walk to the gates)

cpl. k.,noted,and with interest forme,that there seemed to have been established at Paris airport, Legion info kiosk, where "one might hitch a milk-ride to Aubagne"...true????

[Rapace]

Stop worrying about such micro details. Thousands joined before you without knowing all this minutiae and managed to get in. Rather focus on the "big picture" : what are your motivation, your fitness, your level of French, your alternatives outside of the Legion, etc. etc.
Soon you'll ask which colour is the bus going from Marseille to Aubagne or the age of the driver... :/

[ALEX LOCHRIE]

Go to Southampton catch the ferry to Brest, then get a bus to Rennes. Walk to Nantes then the train to Bordeaux. Get a lift on a canal boat to Toulouse and then a train to Montpellier. From Montpellier find your way to Nîmes and hitch a lift from there to Avignon. Train to Nice and the ferry to Corsica. From there take the ferry to Genoa and an onward bus to Turin and through the tunnel to Grenoble. The fly to London, or perhaps someone knows a better way?

[zulu144]

thanks very helpful so far.

getting trained at the same time in mind games.double bonus.

[Rapace]

getting trained at the same time in mind games.double bonus.

Don't know if you display the same attitude in 'real life' as on this board, but if by accident you get in the Legion, be prepared for a lot of "mind games". Mind that it would then most probably be a big punch in your face by a thick caporal-chef without any sense of humour...

[Madmonk 7.5]

It seems to me that Mr. Zulu talks like a politician, out of both sides of his mouth at the same time

[zulu144]

that the best part,in 'real life' i dont talk at all,just listen n agree,is what i do.....you learn alot from listening...right!

they probably even know am there,and by the way,was just asking for confrmation on transportation,nothing wise about it,but of habit.always need to know,as mr.rumsfeld once exclaimed 'the knowns and the unknows',and in my part,especially to prepare for unknows.clever,ahhh!

[Aurelie3]

If a French peasant can operate what we uneducated souls call a "bus timetable", I should imagine you'll have the transport system running like Zurich within 90 minutes of landing. What's to worry about?

[Nickfury]

More???

I went to France and just stopped and "asked" people along the way. The French are actually very helpful people and went out of their way to asssit me. They were more than willing to answer questions and are very "hospitable hosts". It is all in how you approach people (thus you might have issues). Only had one person ever be rude to me and that was in Paris, it was a Metro worker at an Information booth. haha. Go figure.

I had a beautiful French girl see the confused look on my face in the Paris Metro as I was looking at the map on the wall. She came up to me and offered to walk me to where I needed to go (like an idiot I didn't even bother to ask her name or ask her out for coffee).

In Aubagne, I stopped at the Gendarme Station and they were very helpful in giving me directions (there was a BEAUTIFUL Female officer and a guy, both helpful, I was pleasantly surprised to see such a hot female Police officer, here in the U.S., they tend to be a bit butch). Then a lady who was in there asking about a ticket offered to drive me where ever I needed to go and took me up to the "Red Lion", which actually wasn't very far.

In the Red Lion I had complete strangers buying me drinks from across the room. I can't say enough about what a great experience I had in France with the people.

(except for about 50% of the French in Selection, Half were obnoxious idiots and half were guys I thought were incredibly funny cool guys who I would have been happy to serve along side. Though the most 'Switched on guys" were Generally Westerners and Eastern Europeans for some reason. When it came to keeping their mouths shut and working hard that is).

Oh, and the French transportation system is superb.

Nick

[zulu144]

MY LAST WORDS...NEVER TO PARTICIPATE IN REPLIES,BUT ONLY READINGS,AS TIME TRICKLES FOR ME.

i want to thank you all.you really ave been fantastic,i know,no love,hate inter-communicational relationship between us,i understand.

Le jugement ne comprend pas, l'analyse n'est pas une réponse, mais l'expérience est la plus haute forme de vérité.

translation [1]
judgment is not understanding,analysis is not an answer,but experience is the highest form of truth.


Pour tous vieux guerriers, toute bonne chance avec vie.pour civil l'une présente, apprécier votre avenir de vie.pour pour être, utiliser le forum pour vous familiariser, comme la réalité virtuelle, contient les éléments d'aspects familiers de la vie dans la légion, et sera serviable pour le saut Ã* la réalité physique, quand vous décidez de le habiter.

translation [2]
for all old warriors,good luck with civil life.for present ones,enjoy your life.for future to be,use the forum to familiarize yourself,as the virtual reality,contains the elements of familiar aspects of the life in the legion,and will be helpful for the leap to physical reality,when you decide to live it.


finally,apologise for any offense might have been felt,or headache.thanks for being patient with me.oh yeah,for the french above,not largely based on my state education,but one of the girls was dating at uni was french(geneveve,called her 'gen' from toulouse).

well,this about it.perhaps will write of my advneture there next time i decide to participate in writing,for now,i believe i have at least the 80% 'secrets' of life inthe legion.au revoir,mon amies.

[Aurelie3]

Thanks for the translation, French speakers is one thing we really lack around these parts.