Tuesday, October 4, 2011

A "Nice" Weekend in Nice... pardon the pun

Hey everybody! So it's Tuesday now, and i miss the south of france. it was delightful and warm and yeah, pretty much just delightful. i know you're also not supposed to use yummy to describe a place but i would also describe it as yummy. as per my norm i've included some photos that i took, i'll add more to the flickr thing cause blogger only allows for 5 which is so a design flaw. so i shall commence my weekend explanation now...
Here is the charming village of Saint Paul. Where Picasso and other famous people took up residence for some period of their lives. it is literally charming. there was a wall that encircled the entire village i guess you would call it. all of the streets were literally cobblestone. and really worn down which made me concerned for what they do when it rains. other than fall a lot. i had some super good pesto pasta in this village. pricey, but really yummy. and i had some ice cream which was vanilla cookie. also delicious. i love french food.
I'm fairly certain this shirt says it all and if i knew a baby to buy it for i would. cause it's priceless. it wouldn't actually be as priceless if the shirt were in english but the fact that it's in french and saying "no photos, no interviews please." just makes me die of happiness a little bit. i love France. and i love the fact that i found this is a little tiny village in france that picasso used to live in. picasso lived here and this is what they sell. it's priceless and amazing all at the same time! i love france!

whilst in Nice, aka the clever title of this post, we went to Monaco. Which i actually did not really understand or love, because frankly monaco is a strange place. if someone can tell me the point of monaco other than being an over priced apartment blip of not really being a country but not being part of france or italy. this however, is the casino where james bond chilled and got filmed during casino royale. so that's kind of cool. i might have stood where james stood. i so knew we were meant to be. just kidding. sorry, to those of you who don't know me, major james bond fan. i was pretty excited once i found out that this place existed in reality. there were valets and door openers and everything. and i am fairly certain that there was a dress code. that's right. no suit and tie, no gambling. sorry people. gotta look classy to gamble away your money. it got even prettier when it got dark and all the lights came on. i kept expecting daniel craig to walk out of nowhere and be all "names James, James Bond."
classic tourist photo. me and Nice. we find stairs that lead up to amazing views wherever we go in france and Nice was literally no different. i am pretty sure that every french town or city has a hill with some semblance of a fort on it. this might be a gross generalization but i'm pretty sure they were scared of the italians back in the day and wanted to make sure no one did any sneak attacking during the night. anyhow. nice was really really pretty. very nice beach even though the beach was not sand, it was rock. made beach lounging a tad bit more challenging but i still managed.
Here she be!!! Nice in all her glory! This photo doesn't even do the water justice. it was seriously the most blue thing i've ever seen. and amazingly clear. i have an underwater camera and took a bunch of funny pictures when i went swimming. they were clearer underwater then some of the pictures i've taken back home in the US. and it was an ocean. which means there was salt.

Alright, there's the end of my photo spread. quick city list. in 2.5 days i visited some city that i think was Sisteron, Nice, Est, Monaco, Monte Carlo (part of monaco), St. Paul, and Cannes. it was exhausting. and so much fun at the same time. and i get to go back down this coming weekend! yayyy for trips! i head to provence for the weekend on friday morning at 7:15am with AIFS! i am pumped. so i will have more pictures and more fun things to share after next weekend. until then, have a good week!

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