7/7/2008

Beginning our first and only day in Nice, we set out to walk around and see the city at about 11:00am. We walked down toward the beach and then along the boardwalk for awhile. After the awhile the boardwalk became quite boring so we planted ourselves on the beach. An important note is that the beaches in Nice are all pebble beaches! We were probably some of the only ones on the beach that day just lying on the pebbles without any towels or beach mat! One of the cool things about the beach in Nice is that the commercial jets line up for final right over the beach, so they are only a few hundred feet above you!

During the evening we went out with Jared to get some quality French cuisine at the local McDonalds and to see more of Nice at night. To get a better view of the city we hiked up to a lookout point. This gave us an amazing view of the entire city and also the Mediterranean. We could see clearly all the way down to Canne! While we were up there along with a few other people and it was nearing closing time, the guard came walking up the stairs with his moped helmet on blowing his whistle and yelling at all of us to get out as if there was a life threatening fire coming up the mountain. It was pretty funny to see…..French Rent-a-Cop! Then as we walked down the mountain, we could here the rent-a-cop blowing his whistle constantly as he reprimanded each and every person who was still on the mountain at this point.