Ventimiglia to Nice

This time was a French train. Due to the French strike a lot of trains were cancelled, but there was a PDF you could access from the regional TER that showed which were running sonit was OK, though fairly busy. There was a fairly quick police border check if documents (I though that didn't happen between EU countries) but everyone seemed very nice. Also the guy looked at my passport and said 'Ah Ireland. Welcome to France and have a nice visit.' Obviously didn't make a point of correcting him!

This was another journey running alongside the sea, but often popping in and out of tunnels. I was on the wrong side again. (Note to self: sit on the LEFT for these trips, if you can.)

It was quite quick (under an hour) and the French train had staggered levels like the modern Italian ones, but didn't have USB chargers, only sockets, so I guess it's not quite as new.Read more