Up early for breakfast and checkout today then a quick ride to the train station for another ride on the TGV from Avignon to Nice. The Train at Avignon only stops for 3 minutes so with 44 people and LOADS of luggage it wasn't a lot of time to get our kids and luggage on the train so we ended up spreading out over three cars to get on and we just had to make our way to the back to our seats. It went well even though my group carried our luggage through two cars to get to our seats it was all good. A little excitement can do a body good at times there's not doubt. Our bus met us and we had quite an exciting drive through the streets of Nice to our hotel.
We arrived at our Hotels and they are VERY nice indeed. Close enough to the main strip that we don't have to walk too far, yet far enough away to not have a lot of noise and foot traffic nor bar temptations for the kids.
We had a bit of time to freshen up and then we were off and walking through the busy crowded and very narrow streets of Nice. The architecture is similar to that of Paris, but the people are very different. There are many more mopeds and motorcycles here then in Avignon or even on the way to Avignon, so in that aspect it was a lot like Paris.
We had a fabulous walking tour thanks to Amanda and Rick Steves. It was great to see the culture.
I have more to say but I'm tired and sunburned... yup 20 plus degrees today (Friday our last day) I have lots to write but it will have to wait until I get home now as I have to get to bed and there is only 30% left on the computer's battery. I typed this all up once and it didn't post so i'm not going to do it again right away.
Good night see you all soon.
We leave tomorrow (Friday) for New York arrival at 2:30 and detroit Arrival at 9:30 - to Strathroy around Midnight... and home to Brampton at 3 am. (happy happy very tired and sunburned tourists!
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