Soaking up the Mediterranean sun in Nice

We arrived in Nice after a 4 hour train journey which wasn't the best. We'de booked and paid for seats in first class but on our ticket it said 'seats as available' - turned out there weren't two seats available beside each other, so we spent the majority of the time in the bar. Didn't turn out too bad, but we could have paid second class rates and done the same thing! Anyway we did get to practice our French with the train conductors and waitress so that was a bonus. And we got see some beautiful scenery as the train went along the south coast of France.

The weather has been nothing short of perfect. A slight breeze and sunshine all day long - which of course has keeps all the tourists out and about. And there are loads! It's hard to actually hear a French accent, there's English and Americans and Aussies everywhere. And Nice is such a coastal town that there are so many souvenir shops everywhere we turn. But we've enjoyed our time here as its been so different to anywhere else we've been.

Lots of swimmers and sunbakers - speaking of which, I wasn't prepared for topless sunbaking, they do it here like its the most normal thing to do, I was so shocked! LOL!

This time we did manage to hire a couple of bikes and spent a day riding up and down the prominade, it was a great way to get about and see all the different views. And a great way to potentially die! We had to ride on some roads for a part of our trip and omigosh, you take your life into your hands! So we didn't spend too long on the road!



I also found my favourite place; a flower market! It was gorgeous - and they also had other markets as well, lots of spices, fruit, veges, fish, bakery type products. It was huge and we got a good feast there for a morning tea of wild strawberries and brazil nuts.



And just down the road from the flower market was an Irish pub that we went to to watch the rugby. The Kiwis were playing before us and they packed out the pub, so we got a good seat and settled down to watch the Wallabies. There was a Scotland vs Lithuania soccer game playing at the same time and they showed that as well. We could hardly hear the rugby for the Scottish hooligan fans going off at the soccer! Then we decided to stay and watch the England vs America game but couldn't decide who to barrack for! But we didn't see the end of the match (was hard to see the screen cause of all the English supporters) because we got talking to a couple from Newcastle who gave us lots of tips for when we go to England. We got nicely toasted and then proceeded to try and find our way home - very eventful evening! Matt ate McDonalds - he NEVER eats McDonalds!



Today is our last day in Nice; we're planning on making a day trip to Cannes (we passed it on the train on the way here and it looked magnificent) and then we're taking a night trip and leaving France for Italy - our first stop is Florence, really looking forward to it!