Nice 03/13/2019

As it turns out, yesterday's entry was not the last entry on this blog, this one is. We got up early, around 0530. Finished packing, had breakfast, (French croissants, naturally) cleared the apartment and went to the train station. I had purchased a one way ticket to Nice, and we departed La Napoule at 0800 for a 45 minute train ride to Nice. Upon arrival, we visited the Visitors Center for directions to Old Town Nice. It was about a 15 minute walk from the station. When we got to the old town, we boarded a small tourist train and received a nice tour of Nice. We enjoyed hearing about the history of Nice, and our route took us on the same promenade a terrorist used on July 14, 2016, when he deliberately drove a 19 ton truck among a crowd of people gathered to celebrate Bastille Day.( this is the French Independence Day). The resulting carnage was 86 people killed and 458 were injured. The attack ended when, after an exchange of gun fire, the police killed the assailant.
We continued our tour of the old town and stopped for lunch in a small French restaurant. Afterwards we worked our way back to the Nice train station, stopping at a few stores along the way.
We boarded the train at 2:00 for our trip from Nice, France to Milan, Italy. When we got to the airport, we checked into the Sheraton Hotel and left early the next day for our trip home. Milan to New York City, customs, NYC to Atlanta, and the Tahoe back to Alabama. A good trip.

If you enjoy traveling to Europe, join us in June. We will spend the week in the Bavarian Alps with Jerry and Mary Ann Hankins. Schnitzel, German Beer, the Zugspitz, the Eagle's Nest, the Cinderella Castle, and the Hof Brau House in Munich. See you, then. Ciao.