The free wiffee at Nice Airport Terminal 2 is quite good. Only about 3 hours to wait now for Emirates flight EK78. QF8078 on our boarding pass, why I hope we are entitled to use the Emirates lounge using my hard won Qantas Lifetime Gold card, my only qualification in a lifetime of hard work and study. Continue reading “Day 43, Friday, Dubai”
Day 42, Thursday, Nice
After breakfast at the hotel we checked out and set off in search of a car wash. We found a Total station with an automatic wash on the road towards Nice. Good value really, 6€40 for the wash and 1€ per 3 minutes aspirateur to clean the carpets. The car looked almost new. Continue reading “Day 42, Thursday, Nice”
Day 41, Wednesday, Antibes
Breakfast at Hotel Relais du Chambrieres was very good too, especially for €8. We have an approximate limit on brekky. More than €10 is too much, and we decline it.
We set off to drive the most direct route to Antibes, along the D4085 and D6085 through the Parc Naturel Regional du Verdon. The hotel proprietor recommended Moustiers Saint Marie, but we had been there, and along the Gorge du Verdon a couple of times before. Not to be missed if you haven’t seen it though. I plan to be back next year on a motorcycle. Continue reading “Day 41, Wednesday, Antibes”
Day 40, Tuesday, Chabrieres
We finally drove up to Huez this morning, with the weather clearing. Continue reading “Day 40, Tuesday, Chabrieres”