We arrived in Dubai early at about 4.50am. After a 4.5 hour stopover in Dubai airport which is huge we boarded again for Nice. Another 6.5 hour trip. Food has been plentiful even though I am not sure what time it is and whether I should be eating or not. The gluten attack has started and so have the croissants. I think we have had 1 dinner, two lunches and 2 breakfasts in the 30hrs we have been travelling. Let’s hope we can regulate the food once we know if it is day or night, breakfast or dinner time otherwise blimp here I come.

We took the bus from the airport to Nice city centre to out hotel. My first interaction with minimal French and plenty of English to locate the bus station and purchase tickets went well We successfully navigated our bus stop for our hotel.

After a short rest we headed down to the beach at about 4pm. We thought it best to try and stay up until dinner time to change time zones. The beach doesn’t have sand, it is smooth pebbles all the way to the beach. Really hurts your feet. We both went for a swim and the water was lovely. There were many people at the beach. We then went for a beachfront walk back to the hotel. Time now for dinner and bed as it is 4.03am Sydney time.

Dinner was interesting. Waiter spoke minimal English and we speak minimal French. Managed with pointing and merci. He taught us a little French along the way. So from us now bonne nuit.