Marseille to Nice via the Police Station

Sunday the 29^th August - Marseille/Nice

Woke up this morning in Marseille and quickly ate breakfast and moved on. We decided to go on the scenic route to Nice. We found a nice little scenic route on the way. It was very narrow. Not quite enough for two cars to fit through, but the views from the top were worth nearly driving off the cliffs! So we stopped in a little town near Frejus at about 1pm and thought that we best grab some food. The town is right next to the Mediterranean so we were quite excited about eating right on the water. We found a nice little place to sit and eat, in the sun right on the beach. It was a beautiful lunch in a beautiful spot and we had a wonderful meal… That was until we got back to the car. Someone had tried to break in through a little window next to the front passenger window. The glass went absolutely everywhere. Luckily they either couldn't get in or they were interrupted and didn't actually get into the car. Lucky for us because all our luggage was in there (except for our electronics and passports which were in our backpacks on us). So anyway the passenger side was full of glass and it was a Sunday afternoon so there was nowhere open for us to get it fixed. So I had to sit in the back for the rest of the trip while Brendon had to drive slowly because when the car went over 90km an hour it blew glass right into our faces.

And to make matters more annoying, we had to spend the majority of the afternoon in the Frejus police station making a statement for the insurance. It took AGES and by the time we finally got to Nice and checked into the hotel it was after 6pm and we were exhausted. And of course the hotel was out near the airport and we were not really able to drive into town with the glass everywhere and the open window. So we opted to stay in the hotel room for the night and eat at the little hotel café. Turned out to be a nice evening in the end, the hotel is lovely and we had in house movies! We also sorted out to get the window fixed tomorrow, so decided to stay an extra night in Nice rather than leave straight away in the morning. Hopefully that will leave room for Monte Carlo tomorrow!!!!!!

Highlights of Today

• Beautiful lunch by the water
  
• Driving into Nice, BEAUTIFUL!
  
  
• Hotel has water and city views!! BONUS!!!
  

Lowlights of Today:

• Finding the glass broken


• Getting lost finding the police station


• Attempting to converse with the french police, who didn't even look at the car window, and didn't care cause nothing was stolen...


• Glass in face
  
  
• Glass in bum


• Glass in finger

• Crazy European Drivers!!!