Day 6 We arose early and had a quick breakfast before hitting the road. It was a long drive and took us longer than expected. The freeways are fast (130kph) and well-maintained as would be expected with frequent tolls. I was quite beside myself when we arrived, lost in Nice. I could see huge, 18th Century buildings with a very Italian flavour, painted in subtle hues of salmon, saffron and white with terracotta trims. Pots of exotic flowers and heads of lions, roman silhouettes, modern public art, high winding sloping roads. But on the street, the Bondi of the south of France: tans, white pants, small dogs, motor scooters and thongs, loud cars and lots and lots of people. We met our agent in Nice who showed us to our apartment. It is a small,
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