Southern France, Pt. 1
My wife & I flew into Nice, France, and hopped on the rail to our hotel in the city center.
This was the beginning of a week of travels as we would make our way via public transit (train and bus) from Nice to Marseilles:
Beneath the train station was a bicycle parking lot:
We dropped our bags at our hotel and walked a loop:
The grocery stores had digital signage with pricing–way more technologically advanced than California!
We hopped onto the regional rail and rode it east towards the Italian border, and walked from the Eze station along the Mediterranean sea:
We took the train one stop further to Menton which has a nice marina and goes up the hillside to a scenic cemetery:
They are making serious investments in beachfront tourism infrastructure:
Some historicism:
The vehicles are so much smaller here than in the USA:
Walking up the hill of Menton we were rewarded with a view from a world war cemetery, with a mix of crosses (Christians), stars (Jews) and crescents (Muslims):
Some photos of infrastructure & public spaces:
The train back to Nice was packed:
Nice
Nice was nice.
There was a big farmers market on top of a subterranean car parking garage:
Walking along the waterfront, we noticed signage for the upcoming Tour De France.
This year it finished in Nice instead of Paris due to the Olympics.
The waterfront promenade was insanely walk/bike friendly:
Bikes:
A World War I monument:
Our walk became a much longer walk, as we ventured up a very steep hill to reach the neighboring town of Villefranche-sur-Mer:
We rode a quick train ride back to Nice, for a meal and more walking:
This one way street isolates pedestrians from drivers by a thick green shrub:
This underpass beneath the train station is 50% reserved for bi-directional bicyclist traffic:
