Nice - Eze Village day trip.

   While I was in nice I made a day trip with some of the gals from the hostel. We took the bus up to Eze Village on one of the near by mountain (hill?) tops. Its a tiny little village and it offered even more amazing views of the area surrounding Nice. Just the bus ride alone made this trip worth it! However, to add to the fun, instead of taking the bus back down to Nice we walked down the back side of the mountain to the beach. It was such a nice walk and it was nice to feel a part of nature after so much time in cities the last little while. It took about an hour to walk the down but it was a highlight of the day!

The winding, hilly streets of Eze Village.

 Beautiful things everywhere!

 Our happy little picnic at the top!

 On the trail down.

View from the trail... stunning!

Nice

Ok... so I promised I would be caught up soon. However, I came across a few shoddy internet connections in combination with a generally really busy schedule. I swear my life is so much busier now that I don't have any jobs... but way more fun! Therefore, I have fallen even further behind. SO I am going to try to whiz through the next through posts while I have a good connection so I can get caught up. And then maybe after that I will get caught up on loading my photos to Flickr too! Ok, lets not get too far ahead of ourselves... one thing at a time!

   Nice was such a beautiful city. I met some great gals and had some wonderful picnics. It was an over all wonderful time. I saw the sights, wandered the market and the park, checked out the Modern art museum. I  realized I truly have a love/hate relationship with modern art. I like to break it down into the allowing four parts: The beautiful, the technical, the mental, and the bullshit. The first three are great and provoke different emotions within one. The last is just as it seems. Bull shit. A giant statue of a horse painted a bright color is not modern art. Its over sized home decor. Picasso is modern art. Just saying.

   Anyways, enough of my rant. Here are some of my photos from Nice.

 Cote d'Azur.

 The fruit and flower market - We had a wonderful picnic with goodies from here!

 The views around Nice were absolutely inspiring.

This is good modern art. I was completely captivated trying to figure out how this whole thing worked. It was all interconnected and made out of random scraps of garbage and everyday bits and pieces. Yes, its off kilter. So much thought and manual work went into this!

Sur le Pont d'Avignon...

   I am sure most of you in Canada have heard the song at some point in a French class. "Sur le Pont d'Avignon, L'on y danse L'on y danse. Sur le Pont d'Avignon, L'on y danse tous en rond." The bridge of Avignon.... well its part of a bridge anyways. Most of its been destroyed by flooding over the years so only a third of it is left standing. However, that one third was the view from my hostel grounds in Avignon. It was directly across from the bridge and the old city walls with a wonderful view of the Popes Palace (Palais de Popes).

   At one point Avignon was the home of the Popes and across the water was home of the bishops. There is a lot of history in Avignon and walking through the little city center streets it is very apparent. It is such a beautiful little city and I really enjoyed it. Unfortnately, the hostel I stayed in was less then glamourous and quite boring so I wasn't able to really meet anyone but I still had a nice time wandering around the little city and relaxing while eating fruity glace, quiche lorraine and fresh salads. The French truly know how to make a good salad. Some of the best I've ever had!

  The weather in Avignon was absolutely beautiful and I really enjoyed the chance to lay around in the parks and soak up the sun. It was about 27 degrees each day while I was there. It was perfect!

 View from my hostel.

Peko does tricks. (Only Vanessa will understand this one!)