We caught 3 different trains to Nice. No delays and we only forgot to validate the ticket for the last 2 legs but no ticket collector came to check .Phew! .The trip was particularly pretty as we got closer to Nice. We walked to the gallery 20min 1.2 km and then we had to walk to the residence as they didn't offer to drive us another 20min with our luggage (15kgs each!!) The lady who showed us the flat didnt speak any english so we tried our best to understand how to work the keys....like a swipy thing to let you up the lift like at hotels. The unit is very basic (photo) and although the building fronts onto the promonade we are in a back unit and it faces a garden and another block of units. We are on the top floor the 7th floor which means we can see the mountains behind Nice and some lights of Nice at night. We went to find a place for tea with wifi and ate pizza at a sort of bar place with ELO and old style music that was nice to listen to . It was lovely to walk along the promonade(photo) and dispite having done a lot of walking today we managed to go quite a way before turning back. The lights along the waterfront look lovely and their were lots of people out walking.
In the morning we found a pastry shop nearby with a breakfast deal for 2 croissants, 1 juice and a coffee for 2euro20 bargain!! We walked to the tourist office and got some info then bought a 7 day bus pass and walked to the residency gallery. At the gallery we were able to get a wifi password which means we can have internet in the unit. YAY!!! We walked to the old town which was very quaint and went into a musee 'Palais Lascaris' with a display of old instruments. We bought some things for a picnic lunch and went through the flower market (photo).We ate lunch on the promonade and then climbed the steps up the big rock headland with views of Nice and the promonade(photo) .The water colour here is out of this world, an icy turquise near the shore going to a deep turquiose a fair way out. Lotsos people on the beach. We caught the bus home and had a siesta.Yes we have succumbed to the french way as it makes a lot of sense to get out of the heat and to be able to enjoy more of the lovely evenings. We both slept! and after an hour and a half we were ready to think about going out again. We went to the grocery shop just around the corner and Lyndie ahd a swim.We cooked our first meal. Chicken with cooked zucchini and caprese salad with a syrup of kiwi and banana to drink.
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