Thank you to Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast for a name for today's blog :)
Yes indeed, I am now in France. Nice to be specific. I believe it or not, it is really nice! Coming into town on the trains was a pure joy - the scenery was beautiful. I knew right away that I was going to like this town. I tell you what, we are professionals now at carrying our luggage from the train stations to our hotels. The walk to this hotel was about 15 minutes, so I've started making these walks into games. Dodging in and out of people can be kind of fun! Anyway, we got to our hotel, which I might add is quite groovy. Everything is bright green and there are funky add squares and circles on the walls. We really have been enjoying it so far, even though all six of us are in one room. It has been nice to have a good, cool place to come back to on these 87 degree days or so. We had a little excitement tonight when we got back though...a leak started in our ceiling! Luckily it was by the front door, so no one's stuff got wet, but little pieces of our ceiling are falling down! Oh boy...good thing we are switching locations tomorrow!
Our first day in Nice, we slept in a little because of how early we got up for the trains the day before, which I think we all needed! We then headed to the beach for a chill afternoon. It was interesting...it didn't have sand but big rocks and pebbles! We put all of our things down pretty close to the shore. I was laying on my towel, and all of a sudden, my back was getting wet. The shoreline had moved up and was soaking all of our stuff! You all would have been impressed with how quickly we all grabbed our things and moved. It was a pretty funny sight I'm sure for the people around us! The beach was truly beautiful though, and we enjoyed it. When we were walking to the beach, we noticed this waterfall way up high and decided we should check it out, so after the beach we walked up to this waterfall. It was quite the climb, but so worth it! The waterfall was cool, plus we got a great view of the entire city...breathtaking! We also saw some ancient ruines up by this waterfall/park area, which were from an old church...pretty sweet! We then found an open area in the park and threw around a frisbee for awhile. We then went on a search for a good place to eat for dinner. We found this nice restaurant that served really good pizza. The intention that we had was that we would share pizzas between two people, but this restaurant didn't allow it! The waitress said they were personal sized. We felt bad just leaving after sitting down, so we ordered on each. They were definitely not personal sized, but we all were able to finish our pizzas. So delicious!
Today, we took a day trip to Monaco, which is right under France on the coast. There was a bus that took us there, which was an adventure. It was like being on a roller coaster! Once we got there, we had the intention of seeing these gardens. Once we got a map, we realized that we had got off on the wrong side of the country! So we walked all the way to the other end to these gardens. They were full of some flowers, but surprisingly a lot of cacti! After that, some of our group waited an hour and a half to see some caves and my friend Jen and I continued on and did some exploring. Monaco basically has levels. This garden was on the very top level, and everything else was underneath on different levels, so we had the challenge of figuring out how to get to the bottom where the sea was. So we grabbed our map, went down winding roads and staircases until we found ourselves in the harbor. The water was some of the clearest I've ever seen. We enjoyed spending time down there walking around. After, we headed to a park dedicated to a princess and had a nice chat while enjoying the scenery. And naturally, we found some tasty ice cream :). After taking the bus back, we looked for another place to eat, specifically, one with French crepes for us to try. We each ordered one and passed them around so we could all try. We got sugar, lemon, chocolate, nutella, and strawberry. They were all delicious!
Tomorrow morning we are catching two trains that will take us to Lyon. We are only spending one night in Lyon so that we can have a few days in Paris. I cannot believe how fast this pre-travel is going! Before I know it, I will be writing from my apartment in Greece. Hoping all is well at home, and thinking of you all.
Peace and Blessings,
Laura
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