Today we had a sleep in which was nice except the air con is not great so eventually the heat got us. We decided that Nice was on the cards for today, and what a place it is! France is definitely looking up since marseille, it is cleaner, friendlier and spectacular. We parked our car in town and did some exploring, we went to the foreshore for a while. It is very popular (possibly due to it being 37 degrees), the beach is long and still full of rocks. I am not su...

We tried to start the day off on the other foot today, but the heat and the carrying of the convoy of bags to the train station did not help. By the time we reached the station it looked like we had just been for a swim with our clothes on!(not the first for this trip!) We were picking up our car and signs weren't good after standing around for half an hour. This is where our luck turned around though our car is pretty much brand new and not a bad piece of kit e...