Our hotel room in Nice was smaller than on the cruise ship and the shower had no enclosure, so it was tough to keep the bathroom from flooding when we showered, but we survived. At least it was reasonably clean. After breakfast we took the tram to the Old Town. We rented some bikes and had a very enjoyable hour long bike ride up and down the Promenade de Anglais, which has a designated bike path along the sea. After that we wandered into the market area (Cours Sa...

Today was a travel day. Left Radda at 6:00 am and drove about 3 hours north to Genoa, mostly on the Autostrada (18 Euro toll charge!). In Genoa we dropped the car at Hertz and determined that there are two train stations in Genoa, and ours was the further away one, so we squeezed into a cab for a 15 min. ride. Got on our train with time to spare, then had a nice train ride along the Italian Riviera to Ventimiglia, where we changed trains for Nice. Hertz was ri...

Walked around Cannes today. Very quaint shopping district in old town. The French pastry shops were something! Visited the church (now a museum) on top of the hill, after Jim paid 17 euros for a hair cut. Spent about 1 1/2 hours at a beautiful beach, then walked the strip where all the fancy hotels are. Didn't spot any celebrities though, just lots of fancy cars.