Traffic

So, an early start - alarm at 4am, depart for the bus 45 minutes later, bus departs 5.15am to Heathrow for a flight to Nice. The journey this side all went swimmingly, including a cheeky morning pint at Heathrow Wetherspoons. A short hop later, we landed in Nice and grabbed the bus for the three-hour ride to Artesina...only three hours was nearly nine hours due to horrific and unavoidable traffic everywhere, finally arriving into the hotel well past 10pm. A shame, as the outset of the coach journey had seen us flying through the most beautiful French riveria valleys filled with orangey-yellow pastel houses and hills topped with beautiful churches. To be fair to the hotel, they kept a full meal waiting for us on arrival, and everyone was very patient with the avoidable circumstances.Read more