The French Riviera

29 June - A drive from a high plateau of 1,000m down to the French Riviera coastline

We had camped overnight at Castellane - that's a church at the top of this huge rock bluff.  The only way to get to it is to walk!

Many hairpins as we drove downhill, dropping 1,000m.

The city of Nice - a water and steam "mirror lake" like we have already seen in Bordeaux.

We discovered an Iron Man event in progress at Nice

The beachfront at Nice - it was cold and raining.  The beach is coarse gravel.  Notice the huge cruise ship.

We drove on high above the coastline on the "Moyenne (Middle) Corniche" - famous for its views.
We then drove the "Grande Corniche" - even higher, but we thought the views were better on the first drive.

The Riviera is very built up

Menton - our destination and our last night in France for a while.  There is a New Zealand writer's residence somewhere here.  What a pleasant place to spend a year writing!