Nice, France to Rome, Italy

We had enough time to have a shower and pack before we checked out of the hostel at ten am. We left our bags there, to pick up later on this evening, when we get on the train.

While Troy and Beck went to the beach, Roberta went in search of a hairdresser and I spent some time emailing in a café five blocks from the hostel. Roberta came back with her new short hairstyle and we went down to the beach to meet the others.

Nice’s beaches are covered in well rounded stones and are really painful for the unaccustomed to walk on. The water, however, was beautiful, clean and clear. We stayed at the beach for a few hours before having a late lunch, due to the fact that Troy and Back had bought two lilos and we were having so much fun being the tourists that we used to hassle as kids.

Roberta & I, Nice, France

We had lunch at a place in town. Roberta and I shared a huge pizza, which was delicious. We all then headed to a park to sit in the shade and just hang out. The others left at five pm as they are trying to get to Paris by the morning. Roberta and I stayed in the park for a while longer before going back to the hostel to get our bags and have a shower before the train trip.

We bought some take away Chinese to eat at the station while waiting for our train, when we ran into ran into Jeremy and Fiona who, from what we can gather, have been a couple of days behind us at each stop. They have been in Nice for a couple of nights but where now going to join the central circuit of Eurobus.

Our train left at 8.35 pm and we were in a compartment with four other girls. They were part of a dancing troupe from Napoli, who had been performing in Cannes. They were a bit apprehensive at first, but when we said we were Australian, the cabin filled with more girls wanting to know everything about us. Communication was hard as, obviously, our French and Italian is non-existent, and their English is a ton better, but still limited. Still, we managed to get everything across. They were definitely excited when Roberta pulled out the gift koalas for them.

Lights went out at 12.30 am and everyone tried their best to get some sleep. Some were luckier than others.