This is the first time renting a car in Europe. The previous two times, I took taxis, the train, got a ride, or walked. Cabs on the Riviera are insanely expensive. If you take the ride to and from the airport, and throw in two more cab rides (like, say, to dinner and back), I’d already be over what I’ll be spending on the car.
Cabs can also be hard to come by. I got stranded last trip and had to wait an hour for a cab to show up (after calling a couple cab companies and trying to declare my need for a cab in really bad French).
With my ankle still suspect, I don’t think public transportation is going to work, since the train station is a kilometer from the hotel.
Yeah, so I’m renting a car.