Nice, France

Spending a couple of days in Nice certainly slowed us down. We (read D) chucked away the camera for this leg of the trip and enjoyed the heart of the French Riviera - Cote d' Azur. The beach is rocky in this part of France, but that did not keep people off it catching some rays almost every moment we were in town. Walking along the beach or bike path is worth carving out some time here, whether you are on business or holiday - there were plenty of conventioners doing this same.

The old town of Nice is fun to walk around. There are a ton of cooking shops and bakeries which draw a fare share of tourists and Nicois alike. Plenty of sunshine, great bread/croussaints, moules frites, amazing art (Matisse) make it easy to want to call this place home.

One notable encounter was a taxi driver who claimed to speak 9 languages fluently. It made for pretty fascinating cab chatter, but a painfully slow ride. At one point we wanted to ask her if she knew how to say step on it in all 9 languages.

After spending 2 days here we opted to check out Monaco and then head north to Lyon.