We boarded the train in Avigon headed for Nice on Sunday noonish for a 2-3 hour trip.
We got to Nice and met up with the lady to get are apartment and set out on the town. We stayed in the old town which is the triangular shaped area in the picture below taken from the big hill that sticks up along the coastline. This once again was home to old time castles and defense stuff
In fact our apartment was on the first bottom to top road in from the left and you can also see the tents for the daily market just to the left of all the buildings. Like every place else we went in France this was restaurants first, shops second, and in this case a daily market with an added bonus of the Monday market the day we were there being an antique market. We call them flea markets here in the US. This picture zooms right in on our apartment location.
Like a lot of places in Europe there is a naked person fountain in a main square or circle.
The first day that we got there was the only day that the sun was out and we were able to see the famous blue Mediterranean.The hill in the background is where the above pictures were taken.
Our time here was pretty much dominated into deciding where to eat 3 times a day with a couple snacks thrown in, walking every street and going into just about every store, walking the markets and climbing the hill above the city.
Here we are visiting the market.
Here we are visiting the famous ice cream place with over 100 flavors and it has bee there for like 100 years or something.
Here is a table in a restaurant that we ate in for lunch one day that the menu consisted of slow cooked meat, beef, lamb or pork and mashed potatoes. We were sitting at the main table with 6 other people. It was one of the better meals we had.
From that point forward we realized that when in Nice you must always go out to eat a big meal.
Nice has a big airport that we flew out of when we left for Germany. It is on the point at the top left of this picture.
A better view
For the beach lovers the beach is a rocky beach like most in Europe but in the summertime it is completely covered in people, with something like 75% of them topless, or so I’ve been told.
And finally a couple pictures that don’t tie into anything but are pictures. A bird and a guy that lost his hat.
When the time came we left the key and took the bus to the airport to fly to Duesseldorf Germany thus ending the French part of the trip.Duesseldorf was almost all work related because the big every 3 year plastics manufacturing trade show was going on and Mary wanted to see every one of the items there. Our hotel was in an office area with nothing but the hotel around. The train stop was about 1/2 mile away so the time in Germany was all walking. It was a productive show but only 1 picture (Duesseldorf did not appear to be that interesting of a place anyway). That picture is how we ate a big meal in the Hotel bar 2 of the 3 nights there. (it should be noted that every hotel in town was full and the rates for everything were jacked up about 300%)
I flew home on Saturday morning and Mary went on to Poland and Italy on Sunday before returning to China. As I post this she is back in Germany.
Be sure to see all the photos in the gallery to the right and I’ll leave you with this. While waiting for the train in Duesseldorf I asked a lady to sing the Roy Rogers song “Happy Trails” Lucky for you my phone was in record mode.