Nice in Nice again.

Went over to the South of France for 5 nights. Stayed in the same hotel as before, not the best hotel but was adequate and at least this time the rooms were bigger and even had a balcony and air conditioning. One the first day we went by coach to Monaco via Eze. Eze is a little town overlooking the sea and good sea views on a beautiful sunny day. We ate al fresco and got chips etc in a takeaway and Mum had a glass of wine sitting on a bench outside a bar. From there we got on a Coach to Menton a seaside town and sat out in the Sun, had a couple of drinks and ice creams and it was getting dark when we finally set off back to Nice. Amazingly the coach trip is only one euro for about 10 km. Back in Nice we went to 'Flunch' for our dinner, and we ate there nearly every night. Flunch is a big french restaurant chain. Possibly not quite up market enough for some but the food is always fully cooked and fresh and if your really hungry you can go back and eat as much as you like in the way of veg, chips, potatoes and rice, though no more meat. In fact we noticed some people didnt even bother paying. Each night we were there we noticed 2 fairly well dressed men were always there and they kept going up for more helpings of chips and pasta. I think they either brought their own plates in or something like they had some arrangement with the staff. They both sneaked in their own bottle of wine I noticed. Actually Flunch is so cheap I wonder how they do it, you can buy a small salad for 2.50 and then go up for as much vegetables and chips as you like. Even a full meal and a large glass of wine was about 7.20 if you chose the 'Plat de Jour' There are other similar chains in France, 'Casino' and 'LeClerc' who offer similar deals.
When I returned home i asked Mum had she brought much money home and she said she had. Most days we had probably managed on about 25 euro a day. We just had one expensive trip which was a steam train trip up the mountains, even that was good value at about 30 euro for a 7 hour excursion.