Nice was Nice

Nice was gorgeous. It was still warm enough when we were there that we could go lie out on the beach… not quite warm enough for going in the water though. Maybe I’d say it was wonderful or amazing and not just nice if that hadn’t been when both Mike and I came down with colds. His came on first and mine followed the day after. So in a way, a perfect time to be in a city where the main activity involves just lying around.

Not a bad view

The day we arrived we nearly murdered each other trying to find the hotel, an activity which we would repeat in almost every city we visited. I would say arriving into a new place -often without a map or clear directions, usually hungry and tired is a good way to test your patience.

After finally wandering into a convenience store to try to find an English speaker to ask for directions we discovered we were on the right track, we’d been stuck only a few blocks from the hotel. After checking in we found a restaurant right around the corner where we ate a huge lunch and then hiked up the hill where we took these pictures.

I think we look good considering when we came back down the hill we tried to find a restaurant for dinner but unable to agree on anything that sounded good we headed back to the hotel and were both asleep before 9pm. Like I said, we were getting sick. I’m not sure how Mike managed to hike up that hill as his cold was pretty much full-blown at that point, mine just creeping up on me. I’m glad we made it though.

worth hiking up that hill

waterfalls

The second day we slept in and when we finally got ourselves together wandered down to beach for a lazy morning. That afternoon/evening we wound our way through all the narrow little streets of the old town and managed to even eat dinner. I think we again went to bed ridiculously early but at least we could blame our 5am wake up call the next morning for calling it quits so early.

so many shops down those narrow streets

Nice was nice. Maybe I’ve been spoiled by going to so many amazing places and Nice had gorgeous scenery but I think the best of our trip was still ahead of us. However, I did love every single meal we ate in Nice and it was a beautiful start on the path towards a very glutenous vacation. I can’t really say anything about the night life but if you want to hang out on the beach and eat tons of yummy things, head straight to Nice.