February 28th 2012
Ah Nice, It's a beautiful little city along the French Riviera....this city has everything you could ever wish for. There is an ocean, there are beautiful mountains and there is a city full of character and culture, it's a paradise really. Now we arrived as a group in Nice on february 2nd we flew in from Paris and literally thought we were going to hit water when landing. The runway is right off of the ocean, like....right off of it...so there is little room for error, but we made it safe and sound. I remember being completely exhausted as was the rest of the group. We went to our hotel, put up our bags and then went out for a group dinner at a restaurant along the promenade where most of us got pizza's and pasta's. It was beyond delicious!!
Pizza from restaurant in Nice
Wednesday after a good night's sleep we all met in the lobby and found our tour guide waiting for us, her name was cecilia! She was so nice and spoke english very well which was exciting for us...We went all over Nice, we saw the newer part of nice which isn't THAT new....just newer than the old part if that makes any sense. The picture below is of old Nice which was my favorite part. Old-nice Near Place Masséna is the district known as Vieux Nice or (Old Nice).
after we walked around the city we ate lunch....lunch was interesting...it was a plate with like 10 different Nice cuisines on it....most of it was pretty good :) there's like stuffed tomatoes, stuffed onions, chick pea pancakes...and so on as you can see.
after lunch they let us loose...YES they let us roam the city alone and we did a fantastic job of it. we went to the top of this hill...took like millions of stairs but finally we made it to the top and had a breathtaking view of Nice which is what you see in the first picture above. You could see EVERYTHING and it was just absolutely wonderful!! You would definitely have to walk up to the top of the hill and look out over Nice if you ever visit...this is a must see!!! After that we headed to a contemporary art museum and then went to another museum that was like examples of how a house looked back in the day. Both museums were really interesting and if your ever in Nice you should check some of them out...they give a real interesting look into the culture of the town!! So after resting for a while we then headed out for dinner on our own, we found a little cuban restaurant called La havana which i would recommend eating at, there was some meat with veggies and banana's and cheese on top...it was strangely good :) a little weird but good!!
Last but not least we got to see some of Hotel Negresco, which is a lovely hotel....The Hotel Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie des Anges in Nice, France was named for Henri Negresco (1868–1920) who had the palatial hotelconstructed in 1912. In keeping with the conventions of the times, when the Negresco first opened in 1913 its front opened facing the Mediterranean sea.
All in all we had a great time in Nice!! Hope to go back one day when it's a bit warmer!! :)
Thanks for checking out the HIP blog, hope you enjoyed my take on Nice!!!
after we walked around the city we ate lunch....lunch was interesting...it was a plate with like 10 different Nice cuisines on it....most of it was pretty good :) there's like stuffed tomatoes, stuffed onions, chick pea pancakes...and so on as you can see.
after lunch they let us loose...YES they let us roam the city alone and we did a fantastic job of it. we went to the top of this hill...took like millions of stairs but finally we made it to the top and had a breathtaking view of Nice which is what you see in the first picture above. You could see EVERYTHING and it was just absolutely wonderful!! You would definitely have to walk up to the top of the hill and look out over Nice if you ever visit...this is a must see!!! After that we headed to a contemporary art museum and then went to another museum that was like examples of how a house looked back in the day. Both museums were really interesting and if your ever in Nice you should check some of them out...they give a real interesting look into the culture of the town!! So after resting for a while we then headed out for dinner on our own, we found a little cuban restaurant called La havana which i would recommend eating at, there was some meat with veggies and banana's and cheese on top...it was strangely good :) a little weird but good!!
Last but not least we got to see some of Hotel Negresco, which is a lovely hotel....The Hotel Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie des Anges in Nice, France was named for Henri Negresco (1868–1920) who had the palatial hotelconstructed in 1912. In keeping with the conventions of the times, when the Negresco first opened in 1913 its front opened facing the Mediterranean sea.
All in all we had a great time in Nice!! Hope to go back one day when it's a bit warmer!! :)
Thanks for checking out the HIP blog, hope you enjoyed my take on Nice!!!
A bientôt
Emily O.
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