23 Nights in Southern France Without a Car
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Annie Sargent talks with Sally Schokman, an Australian solo traveler who spent 23 nights in southern France without a car. Sally took the train everywhere — Bordeaux, Toulouse, Albi, Avignon, Nice, Lyon, and Paris. She shares what surprised her, what she'd do differently, and which museums blew her away. They also dig into real logistics: booking trains during school holidays, Ouigo versus InOui TGV, solo dining, and handling rainy days like a pro.
Annie also covers a recent change in French security rules at train stations and metro stops. Nothing alarming — just good to know before you go.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Join Us in France episode 595 |
| 0:20.0 | 595 Hello, I'm Annie Sargent and join us in France, episode 595. 595. Bonjour, I'm Annie Sargent, and join us in France is the podcast where we take a conversational |
| 0:26.6 | journey through the beauty, culture, and flavors of France. |
| 0:30.6 | I still have a cult. |
| 0:31.6 | More on that later. |
| 0:33.6 | Today I bring a conversation with Sally Schockman, an Australian solo traveler, who spent a 23 |
| 0:40.6 | nights criss-crossing the south and southwest of France entirely by train. She covered |
| 0:46.6 | Bordeaux, Toulouse, Albion, Nis, Lyon and Paris in October, right through school holidays, |
| 0:55.7 | and has plenty of practical tips on train travel, solo dining, rainy days and museum hopping. |
| 1:02.2 | Before we start, this show runs on listener support. |
| 1:05.9 | If you want to work with me directly, I do itinerary consults, |
| 1:09.8 | voice map tours of Paris, and day trips around |
| 1:13.3 | the southwest of France. Everything is at join us in France.com for a slash boutique. And if you |
| 1:19.5 | shop on Amazon anyway, starting at join us in France.com for slash Amazon costs you nothing, |
| 1:25.4 | but helps the show. |
| 1:32.1 | For the magazine part of the podcast, after my chat with Sally today, |
| 1:37.2 | I'll discuss a new security protocol getting implemented in French trains, |
| 1:42.4 | train stations, and all sorts of public transportation hubs in France. |
| 1:56.0 | Bonjour, Sally Schockman and welcome to join us in France. |
| 1:57.6 | Bonjour, Annie. |
| 1:59.6 | Wonderful to have you today. |
| 2:06.7 | We want to talk about your trip to France. It was kind of a long trip. You were here for, tell us when you came and how long you stayed. |
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