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Dropping of the C3 to hire company was a breeze, but finding Diesel to fill it up wasn’t. Luckily, I had filled up two days earlier and after nearly 150kilometre’s the tank still registered as Full! Parked the car, handed over the keys and viola all good.
I miss that car already though.

No matter as today we explorer the city of Nice in all it’s glory. First up we climbed up Chateau De Nice, which used to be a castle back in 1691 and is now kind of like a sports park for kids. Any case I lie, we didn’t take the stairs but paid 1.20Euro to take a lift. Cara’s hips are almost at breaking point now from all the walking and sitting in Aeroplane and Car’s, so walking up stairs are quite painful for her.

The view up there is pretty spectacular though.

I really love Nice compared to Paris. Its vibe is a lot more fun and fresh then that of the seriousness of Paris. We both found the city to be enjoyable and very similar atmosphere to say Brisbane.

Seeing kids for the first time was pretty cool, as we simply haven’t seen any kids with the places we’ve been so far. I jumped on a giant spider climbing thing and managed to push a few of the tikes of. Sadly, I didn’t reach the top. At the Chateau Cara found a nice bench to rest her hips for a bit and have a stretch….

After descending we headed to the beach and had a bit of a walk on the rocky shore. The water is spectacular in its blue translucent colour, and I doubt there would be many hazards for swimmers in terms of stingers. But it’s quite boring with very little waves and hella cold. On the upside women are allowed to sun-bath topless.

Ducking back in the city i have to mention the tram system they have here. The cities main shopping strip has a two way tram system in the middle that was just completed in 2007 so very new. It’s awesome and apparently well needed as it is seemingly always packed. At $1euro a trip it’s good value too.

Cara and I did something we haven’t done since we arrived in Europe…. shopping! With a few hours before closing time we tried our luck with the local shopping strip which was the closet thing to shopping back in Australia. I actually found a Video-Game store, I was starting to think they didn’t exist here! We probably spent more then we bargained for but with a 19.60% tax on everything who’s to complain.

To save a bit on the clothes, widgets, and other stuff we bought, we decided on having a cheap meal for dinner instead of a restaurant. After seven days of having constant big restaurant meals we’re both starting to feel quite bloated! The rooms we’re staying in don’t have any facilities to even have a refrigerator let alone prepare a meal so it’s restaurants and Cafe’s. Speaking of Cafe’s, I did manage to find a cheap place to have a Coffee and I chose a Choclat Vineto (we’d call it hot chocolate but it doesn’t translate as that).

mmmmm yummy…. and yes my camera work does suck but the glass is actually tilted. I was too excited about having the drink then taking a photo of it.

Turns out McDonald’s here isn’t all that cheap either! At $11.20euro (around $20AUD) for two medium Big Mac Meals I don’t think it’s possible to have a cheap meal on the run here. In any case we were impressed with the 15 year old cashier who managed to make sense out of our English! She was so happy when she said something correctly and we were happy someone was understanding us for a change!