29.1.06
Friday morning walk
27.01.2006
For Friday, I made sure I set the alarm, so that we wouldn't risk falling asleep and miss breakfast. Unfortunately, I forgot to set the time to local timezone, so we did.
We had coffee and croissants in a patisserie nearby. Amazingly, they do proper expresso around here!! Nothing like that thingy Nero, Costa and Starbucks pretend to be expresso in London.
The rain was giving us a break, so we headed to the old Nice quarter. Narrow streets, orange and yellow coloured buildings with green blinds, charming little shops with hand painted names, the occasional tucked in little church, a lively food market with old ladies selling fruit neatly organised straw baskets... It's lovely and unique.
After walking for a while, we spotted a staircase leading up to the castle (which doesn't exist anymore). It should have a beautiful view of the city and having skived the gym for months, I could REALLY do with the exercise, so up we went.
I'm a sucker for panoramic views, so I'll just say I was very happy. We could see the grey pebble beaches and the city stretching from the sea to the snowy mountains behind. Of course I took loads of photos...
We had lunch, fetched the car and headed West. Cannes awaited.
(to be continued)
