Nice on Strike!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
We woke up this morning feeling pretty rough but we got all of our things in order to take the shuttle to the train station. We were told yesterday that the buses and trams were going to be on strike today and we were getting a ride to the station by the hostel but had to be ready early. We left shortly after 8 and good thing because it took an hour for us to drive what normally takes 10 minutes. So we arrived at the train station to find out that the strike affects all public sectors and the trains are not running either. Great! France does not like us very much and our luck has definitely run out. There was a possibility of us getting to Avignon later today but we didn’t want to decide as of yet. So we sat outside the station and waited for the next shuttle to arrive. The second one arrived very shortly after as it was a second van transporting people. So we went back to the hostel, had some breakfast as we didn’t have any earlier and used the wifi to figure out a plan. We decided to stay and extra night in Nice and go to Barcelona tomorrow when the trains are meant to run again. We went back down to the train station to see about changing our tickets and there was literally a parade going on with the picketers. It was pretty funny! We picked up some essentials and food and walked back to the hostel. We were able to check into our new room when we got back so that was nice. A nap would be well appreciated right about now. We checked in to our new room, settle in, met our roommates (some of which we had met last night, some people from England) and chilled out. We tried to Skype with Jax but the connection was terrible and the calls kept on dropping. It was a failed attempt but we tried! Then we just napped, read, caught up on emails and kept it a low key night. We are saving our energy and livers for tomorrow night when we meet up with Scottie who we met in Athens. He is living in Barcelona and we are going to hit the town!!!