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About 'hotel saint augustin'|THE COMMITMENT WHEN FACING A MURDEROUS REGIME CANNOT BE WISHY WASHY. L’ENGAGEMENT FACE Á UN POUVOIR TORTIONNAIRE NE PEUT SE FAIRE Á GEOMÉTRIE VARIABLE







About 'hotel saint augustin'|THE COMMITMENT WHEN FACING A MURDEROUS REGIME CANNOT BE WISHY WASHY. L’ENGAGEMENT FACE Á UN POUVOIR TORTIONNAIRE NE PEUT SE FAIRE Á GEOMÉTRIE VARIABLE








Campanile               is               a               European               hotel               chain               I'd               never               heard               of               before               booking               into               the               Campanile               Nice               Airport               Hotel.

Stopping               over               in               Nice,               my               main               criterion               was               being               close               to               the               airport.

A               bonus               was               that               the               Campanile               Nice               Airport               Hotel,               located               at               459-461               Promenade               des               Anglais,               is               also               less               than               a               ten-minute               walk               to               a               train               station.

And               it               is               adjacent               to               Parc               Phoenix.

(More               about               the               park               below!)               Our               stay               did               not               get               off               to               a               good               start,               as               we               waited               more               than               half               an               hour               for               the               free               shuttle.

This               need               not               be               a               problem               for               anyone               reading               this,               however.

First,               the               hotel               is               across               a               parking               lot               and               the               Promenade               des               Anglais               from               the               Nice/Cote               d'azure               airport's               Terminal               3.

And,               presuming               one               arrives               at               Terminal               1,               as               we               did,               the               shuttle               bus               that               loops               to               the               three               terminals               also               stops               about               a               minute's               walk               from               the               Campanile               Nice               Airport               Hotel               after               stopping               at               Terminal               3,               on               the               way               back               to               Terminal               1.
               Not               knowing               that,               we               waited               for               someone               to               come               from               the               hotel.

We               were               mollified               by               how               friendly               the               two               women               who               eventually               showed               up               in               the               hotel               van               were.

Among               other               things,               they               told               us               about               Parc               Phoenix               and               how               to               get               to               the               train               station               (the               one               nearby               is               Saint               Augustin,               not               the               central/main               Nice               train               station,               but               the               first               stop               of               trains               going               west               to               Cannes,               Marseilles,               etc.).

They               also               checked               us               in.

(The               delay               was               in               their               being               able               to               get               away               from               the               desk.)
               There               were               some               more               frustrations               ahead,               including               finding               the               exorbitant               rates               French               hotels               (not               just               this               one)               charge               for               Internet               access               --               ten               euros               an               hour               for               a               dial-up               modem's               access?

No               thanks!
               The               room               was               clean               and               not               cramped.

Not               spacious,               but               larger               than               most               of               the               hotel               rooms               in               which               I've               stayed               in               Europe               (and               London).

I               was               pleased               that               there               was               a               top               sheet,               not               the               usual               duvet               ("comforter")               that               I               invariably               find               makes               me               sweat               under               it.
               We               also               experienced               a               string               of               hotels               in               which               the               heating               was               turned               off               after               the               winter               and               the               air-conditioning               not               yet               available.

Not               that               we               wanted               either,               but               we               wanted               some               ventilation.

Fortunately,               the               windows               opened               (and,               fortunately,               our               room               was               on               the               side               away               from               the               street,               so               there               was               no               noise;               there               might               be               some               on               weekdays,               and               opening               the               window               negates               the               double-paned               soundproofing               of               the               windows,               of               course).
               The               bathroom               had               a               hair-dryer               and               what               I               consider               a               shaving               mirror               (others               consider               a               make-up               mirror).

The               room               also               had               a               coffee/tea               maker,               which               is               not               standard               issue               in               French               hotel               rooms,               even               on               the               Riviera               with               its               international               clientele.
               The               room               was               modern               black,               red               and               gold               (see               my               second               photo               here)               with               a               long               black               desk               and               adequate               light               to               read               in               bed.

(We               did               not               watch               tv;               the               channel               listing               included               CNN.)
               The               first               night,               we               were               exhausted               from               the               three               flights               it               took               to               get               us               from               the               west               coast               of               the               US               to               the               French               Riviera               and               ate               in               the               hotel               restaurant.

None               of               the               waiters               spoke               any               English.

My               French               got               us               the               entrees               we               wanted,               but               in               saying               I               didn't               want               coffee,               I               somehow               got               the               coffee               I               did               not               want               and               did               not               get               the               dessert               I               wanted.

(Both               were               on               the               prix               fixe               menu               for               a               low               E9.95.)
               I'm               a               bit               surprised               that               the               restaurant               did               not               have               a               bilingual               menu               (oddly,               there               was               one               in               the               elevator!),               given               that               few               of               the               guests               were               French.

Most               were               Japanese               and               Korean,               but               English               is               a               lingua               franca               for               them...
               We               returned               to               the               restaurant               for               the               breakfast               buffet,               which               online               sources               say               is               included.

We               were               charged               for               it               (them,               since               we               stayed               two               nights):               E5.

In               that               our               room               was               a               pleasantly               low               E60               and               we               enjoyed               Nice,               we               took               this               easily               in               stride.

The               cafe               au               lait               was               good,               and               there               was               a               juicer               to               squeeze               one's               own               orange               juice.
               We               especially               enjoyed               Parc               Phoenix,               which               we               first               heard               about               in               the               hotel               shuttle.

It               is               a               huge               park               with               a               huge               greenhouse               (one               room               of               which               was               so               sweltering               that               I               became               light-headed),               a               big               fountain,               and               large               pools               that               ducks               have               made               a               big               duck               pond.

(How               easy               it               was               to               see               a               pochard               that               I               had               struggled               to               see               in               Spain               on               a               birdwatching               trip!)
               Just               outside               the               park               entrance               (park               admission               is               E1)               is               an               elegant               tripartite               structure               designed               by               Kenzo               Tange,               which               houses               the               Asian               Arts               Museum               (Musée               des               Arts               Asiatiques).

It               has               no               admission               charge--at               least               we               were               not               charged               one,               perhaps               because               we               didn't               get               there               until               16:00               (4               PM)               and               it               closes               at               17:00               (5               PM)               15               October               through               April               (an               hour               later               from               May               until               mid-October).

The               collection               is               not               large,               but               the               pieces               are               of               very               high               quality.

There               is               a               subterranean               set               of               galleries               for               special               exhibitions.

And               the               terraces               provide               good               spots               to               view               the               ducks               and               black               swans.
               The               hotel               is               a               few               miles               from               the               Old               Town               and               the               "Chateau"               (the               hill               on               which               a               fortress               used               to               be,               until               Louis               XIV               had               it               razed               during               the               17th               century),               but               Nice               has               an               excellent               public               transportation               system               (E1               for               transfers               on               trams               and               busses               within               70               minutes               --               be               sure               to               stamp               your               ticket               after               buying               it               from               the               driver!).
               The               hotel               is               on               the               Promenade               Des               Anglais,               which               is               the               walkway               along               the               (rocky)               beach               that               Victorian               English               winter               visitors               had               built.

We               walked               all               the               way               to               the               Chateau               (to               look               things               over),               but               I               would               recommend               catching               a               tram               from               the               Arenas               stop.

(Arenas               is               the               complex               that               either               includes               the               hotel               or               the               complex               which               our               room               in               the               hotel               faced.)
               The               hotel               is               supposed               to               have               a               swimming               pool.

The               weather               was               not               conducive               to               lying               by               a               pool               (or               on               the               Mediterranean               beach),               but               I               did               not               see               the               pool.

I               did               see               bicycles               for               rent               and               the               lobby               bar.






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