Day 2 – Cannes

The beginning of our second day was a bit of a disaster. We caught the bus to the bus station hoping to proceed on our day trip to Eze and Monaco. This journey itself was an experience. The driver appeared to act surprised at every manoeuvre he had to make – jolted braking and swerved corners.]

Almost an hour later we arrived at the bus station – it seems that the improvements the city is making to its public transport is having an adverse effect on the transport for the rest of the city.

Anyway, another hour of waiting at the bus station and they finally announced that the bus wasn’t coming due to the traffic. By now the day was wearing on so we decided to go to Cannes by train instead.

Whilst at the station we tried to book our train journey to Geneva (as you have to for long-distance TGV services in France) only to find that they were all booked until Saturday afternoon – a precious day and a half later than planned. Of course we had no choice but to take this but it left us with the problem of accommodation for Friday night.

Anyway, off to Cannes we went and a much nicer city than Nice it is. You can really see why the rich and famous want to come here with the beautiful beach, chic boutiques and of course the various arts festivals (of which the film festival is one). We spent most of our time in Cannes walking around and soaking up the atmosphere. The weather was lovely even though the wind nearly blew us away.

We decided to see if we could stay in Cannes on Friday as we thought it was so nice. Just by luck the information centre found us a hotel as cheap as a hostel so we are now all set for Friday.

A short journey back to Nice, a but of a wander around, and another ice cream and then we went back to the hostel.