Early Sunday morning, Erin, Gina and I left Lyon to head to Nice on the southern coast of France. I had been to Nice once before in high school and was so excited to go back! When we first got there, we dropped everything off at our hotel and headed to the beach. The beaches there don't have sand- it is all pebble- which isn't too bad for the first little bit but after a while it starts to get uncomfortable. But the Mediterranean was beautiful! The weather was nice so we ended up just sitting on the beach the whole day. That evening we ate at a delicious pasta/pizza place and headed in to get rested up to spend the next day on the beach!
On the beach!
The Beautiful Mediterranean Sea
Tuesday morning, Erin and I woke up to walk to the top of the Chateau in Nice so that we could look out over the water and the city. We walked through Vieux Nice (the old town) which was really cool and French looking with small streets and colorful buildings. After that, we met up with some of our other friends who happened to be in Nice for spring break to lay out on the beach all day once again. The weather was so nice!! That night we ate a cheap, quick dinner so that we could prepare for our journey down the coast to Monaco and Eze village on Wednesday.
Vieux Nice
Standing in Vieux Nice
The city of Nice from the top of the Chateau!
Wednesday morning, we decided to head to Monaco and Eze Village for the day. In Monaco we saw the Monte Carlo Casino and the prince's castle. The city is beautiful! unfortunately we didn't have much time there but the city is small and we still got to see a good bit of it! After Monaco we caught our bus to Eze Village for the afternoon. This is a very small village between Nice and Monaco. We love it here because the old Chateau had been turned into small little streets with shops everywhere. After walking through the Chateau we toured the Fragonard perfumery (very famous in France) and we each bought a Perfume at the end. After the perfumery it started raining so we sat down for tea and tiramasu until our bus came to take us back to Nice! That night we met up with our other IES friends again for a delicious meal because it was our friend's birthday! We had a great time together and really enjoyed the meal!
The Monte Carlo Casino
In Monaco!
One of the guards to the Prince's palace
Eze Village- so cute!
Thursday was our last full day in Nice! We went to the beach that morning but then it got a little chilly so we left and found this adorable little olive oil shop that we had read about because olive oil is very popular in the south of France. This really old French man wearing suspenders owned it and when we walked in he asked us if we wanted to taste some olive oil. Of course we said yes so he gave up 3 different olive oils and bread to try and they were all delicious but so different! My friend Erin and I ended up each buying a bottle of our favorite. I didn't do much that afternoon but that night we went to a restaurant that specializes in Nice foods. I got a steak type thing which was delicious and Erin and Gina got beef stew cooked in red wine sauce which was delicious and I was incredibly jealous of. After dinner we went back to the hotel to pack up.
Friday morning we checked out of our hotel and went to the beach before our train left at 4:30. And thats when we headed to Paris for the last leg of our spring break!
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