Ahhhh Nice....
...our last day on the Riviera
31.08.2005
29 °C
On our last day in Nice we spent a relaxing morning eating and getting ready to head out on the town. We decided to skip the trip to the countryside of Provence in favor of getting a real taste of Nice. We headed down to Vieux Nice to check out the Fruit and Flower market along the cobblestone streets just beyond the boardwalk. The french have the best nectarines i have ever tasted and they make the most colorful candies and candied fruits, almost too good to eat (almost!).
Then it was lunchtime so we hit up this little Irish Pub, called Ma Nolan's in the heart of Vieux (old) Nice that was playing cheezy love ballads and served great food and beer, AND the bartender was hot rugby player. Needless to say the afternoon was off to to great start as we headed up the main drag up and down Nice. A few Euros, and many hours, later we headed back toward the hostel where I now sit typing this wonderful little update.
The plan for tonight is to head out and paint the town red for our final night in this beautiful city. It has really been amazing here, we have had the best of luck finding the places we needed to, getting around, eating well and cheaply, enjoying all the sights and smells (well maybe some of the smells not so much) and just having a jolly good time! Tomorrow we have to catch early flights back to Madrid to spend the next couple of nights, but before I leave i would like to offer these thoughts on the french riviera and thier people:
-French people have annoying dogs with obnoxiously high pitched barks, and thier children have the same pbnoxiously high pitched whine.
-Bread here IS better than anywhere else (except for NorCal sourdough).
-French people are really helpful and generally pleasant people (when they are not bowling past you on the sidewalk or spitting on you, seriously).
-Rainbow flip-flops are the only hiking boots you need to climb 1500ft and a million stairs.
-Detours from road construction will plan your route for you.
-The Meditrranean is equally gorgeous from sea level or on top of a mountain.
-and you should put Nice and its surrounding cities on your list of summer vacations (late august is hot, but best!)
