Nice, France

Location:

Nice is located in southern France and is considered part of the French Riviera.  Nice is now a major transportation hub in Europe, low-cost airlines now offer frequent flights to the Nice Cote d’Azur Airport from London, Paris and other cities.

Food

We expected to find lots of French food but actually most of the restaurants there serve Italian food because Nice used to be part of Italy. Nice has only been part of France since 1860, when Italy reluctantly gave it up to repay France for helping defend itself from the Austrians.

Panna Cotta, a traditional Italian dessert made with cheese and caramel was really good.

We thought this looked disgusting but mixed two very popular foods - gelato and focaccia bread!

The Beach

Nice's natural occurring beaches are pebbled unlike sandy beaches. We found one beach that they have brought sand to, it was the only one we went to because sitting and wanting on sharp stones is not fun!

Catching our breath before hurling back into the waves

figuring out how to do handstands in the waves

Noon Cannon

Another cool fact is at that at noon a cannon is fired everyday that can be heard all over the city. The history of this dates back to the 1800's when a British General was living in Nice and was upset that his wife didn't made on time so he got the military to fire a cannon to remind her to make his lunch. It is a tradition that stuck and they still do it every day!

The Daily Market

In the old city they have a daily market with lots of flowers, food, bread, artists etc.

An artist painting and selling her works 



French soaps

teas and spices

Our marzipan fruit  selections

marzipan fruit (almond paste) selection!

Fresh Tomatoes

Venice Triathalon:

The Venice Triathalon took place on our last day in Venice. It was awesome, we could watch the whole thing from our hotel balcony!

The Seven Statues of The Massena Square

In one of the main squares called Messena Square there are seven resin sculptures of men in different positions on very, very tall posts.  During the day they are white, at night they are lit up all different colors that change every few minutes.  They were created by Jaume Plensa, a Spanish artist.  These seven characters represent seven continents and the communication between the different communities of today’s society. The name of this creation is “conversation à Nice”.