12/02/2012

Milan to Nice

For something different we had another early train this morning so an early alarm was our wake up. We packed and left our apartment and headed for the first train of the day. We got to central station in plenty of time to get a coffee and croissant before beginning our four-hour train journey towards Ventimiglia which is along the coast not far from the French and Italian boarder. From here we had to catch a double decker train (I know, awesome!) to Nice Ville.

I was prepared this time (and will be doing this from now on) and wrote down in Milan where our accommodation was from the train station. After checking in and dropping our bags off we went for a walk in search of the beach. My thermals were off and although I did have a jumper, I was wearing a t-shirt and thongs! It was beautiful here and possibly 10 degrees! Trav was certain he knew where the beach was and after realising I was walking up hill in search of the beach, I decided to take over the search!

The beaches here are not like Australia, well the water is cold, like home but they have pebble beaches, yep no sand. Apparently it's to minimise the number of waves as there is not much space between the water and the wall of the cafés and restaurants along the waters edge.

We had a coffee at a café on the beach and worked out a tour we could do the following day, (my favourite / bestest) Aunty Jude if you read this I can recommend a good one if you like!!

After walking along the main street for a while we made our way back to the hotel, in search of some dinner on the way. Yep first night in France and I got fried rice and Trav got Indian, lucky we came here!!

Sweet dreams,

Bree and Trav

xox