Jours 47-50

Bonjour tout le monde!

Jours 47-50

June 11-June 14

Life in Nice is beyond amazing. On Saturday we left from Paris on the TGV to come to Nice. It was a madhouse trying to make it on the train as everyone stormed the platform, but we all made it safely. Unfortunately, when we got to our hotel half of our rooms weren’t booked. To make up for it the hotel gave us free drinks at the café next door which was nice.

When we finally got our hotel rooms we changed and went straight to the beach. Even though it was about 8 o’clock, the water was still amazing and not very cold. It felt so good to actually be able to actually go swimming somewhere.

View the first night in Nice

On Sunday we were able to go to the chapel in Nice, and everyone there was so nice and helpful! After curch we went to the Musée Matisse which was just down the street. 

Outside the Musée Matisse

The musée  Matisse consisted many different works of the artist Henri Matisse. Some of his works include drawings, photos, paintings and sculptures. I personally do not enjoy modern art, but I could see that he had a great variety in his works and there were some paintings by him that I enjoyed. 

One of the paintings by Matisse

After the Musée Matisse, Luke, Melissa, Stephanie and I “got lost” in Nice to do our Get Lost Walk which can be found in a different post. After, we got a little confused with the bus because we didn’t understand that bus 15 changed to bus 22, and so we waited for bus 22 for about 40 minutes at the station. After that, I relaxed by the pool with my friends and went out for dinner.

Monday was a really good day here in Nice. I started the day out with a run along the beach, but it was so hot outside that I felt like I was going to die by the end. After a quick class we went down to the beach, just a 5-minute walk from our hotel. We swam out quite for into the ocean to one of the buoys and relaxed on the pebble beach.

Beautiful day out on the beach

 After we came back and got ready real quick and took a bus into old nice and met up with some friends from the ward. We walked around Old Nice and saw the Palais de Justice and the main fountain.

The fountain in Vieille Nice

 After, we want up the Castle Hill. It was a little bit of a hike up, and there was a really nice waterfall on the way. 

Waterfall on Castle Hill

We were able to see the ruins of the ancient castle and a beautiful panoramic view of the city. 

Ancient remains of the castle

We had some dinner in the town and I tried Socca which is a pancake type food that originated from nice.

Socca

 We had a nice dinner, watched a street performance and walked home along the beach.

Vieille Nice at night

Tuesday was also a great day. After class we went to the beach again, and I was able to finally do laundry! We walked over to the roman orthodox church which looked so much different than the other churches I have seen. 

Roman Orthodox church

We were not allowed to take pictures on the inside, but it was interesting to see everything written in Russian, a language so different than the romantic languages. We came back and bought some chicken, potatoes and salad to make a nice homemade dinner. We watched Monte Carlo in preparation for Friday, and hung out for the night in our apartment.

À Bientôt,

Claire Hunsaker