We felt refreshed an energized as we headed out of our hotel with not one, not two, but three maps in hand. We were not aimlessly walking this time around. Nice has a couple streets that are strictly pedestrian walkways, so we headed for these to take a walk and explore Nice. We found ourselves along the coast, and were truly amazed by the pristine water that was in front of us. Now even though Tina told Jared (countless times) that the beaches in Nice are rock beaches, he must not have processed this information, because when he saw the beaches he said, “Wow, there is no sand, the beaches are rock!”
We walked down Promenade des Anglais, which, according to Tina’s guidebook, is the world’s best-known seafront boulevard Towards Colline du Chateau. Colline du Chateau also known as “Castel Hill” was the stronghold of Nice until medieval times. The irony here is that the Castle was destroyed in 1706 so there is no castle on Castle Hill. However, it is now a beautiful park that has numerous overlooks of the French Rivera and breath taking views. We are going to apologize in advance for the excess of pictures as we hiked through this park.
We excited the park and meandered into a cemetery. We noticed many similarities between this cemetery and the one in New Orleans, where the dead are buried above ground. In NOLA, it is because they are so close to sea level; here we inferred that it must be because of all the rocky mountain soil. We headed down several quite side alleys and back to the hotel with a six pack of Amstel in hand to freshen up for dinner. This hotel, like Barcelona has a really nice balcony to relax on. As you can see from the photo, the bathroom is unique.
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