France - Nice

28-05-2011

With a short stop at Cannes we reached Nice quite early in the day. The station was filled with people leaving for Monaco.

As we were walking towards the old city we came across a busy square. Stalls were set up promoting the new Nice entertainment book, being given away for free. We didn't take the book , as it was in French but enjoyed the other freebies like Candy floss and riding a Segway. Never ridden one before it was not what I expected and really fun, would love to do it again.

As it is Saturday nearly every square in the old city is filled with stalls. Books, posters, fruit, olives, cheese, bread and then the flower market. The flower market is set up daily except Monday and has an array of flowers, from single stems to elaborate bouquets . Very colorful and pretty to walk through.

Sat for a while at the Promenade, enjoying the French Riviera. Somedays cannot believe we are actually in these places. To make up for our heavy lunch used the stairs to the Chateau, rather to it's remains. After viewing the city on the whole made our way to the Cemetery. It is the biggest in France, very peaceful and has bouquets of flowers ( keeps the flower market in business) on many headstones. Most of them are per family, so each headstone has a range of names and years on them. Spent some time reading and wondering about their lives.

Went down to the port, watched massive ferries coming from Corsica and Sardinia. Made our way to the other side and then climbed the hill to view some beautiful buildings. By this time we had seen the places that needed to be seen . The rest of the day was on the beach with cheese, crackers and fruit ( meant to be alcohol free but we are in France, no alcohol in Switzerland) .

Spending the night in Cannes.




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