NICE, FRANCE

I LOVE Nice!!! This city is pretty much my Mom and I in a nutshell. haha. Bright colored buildings with antique shutters and quaint balconies with curling rod iron railings over looking the aqua blue Meditteranean. Today we walked up castle hill (chateau) up to what they say is the best and most beautiful panoramic view in the world...and it was! Walking up was almost like walking through a jungle with little pathways leading off to sights or pieces of history. It was spectacular, the only thing is that is started sprinkling and then pouring down rain when we were going back down. It was like a waterfall down the steps. Even all the rain didnt stop me from enjoying it. We also walked through the cutest (I am probably going to over use the word cute because everything is literally that cute in Nice) open air market with fruits, vegetables, different varieties of olives, spices, and flowers. It was so CUTE (haha)!
Tonight, we walked around for a bit, of course it was raining but I think tomorrow is supposed to be better, still cloudy but no rain hopefully. A surprising thing was that all the shops were closed by 7:30 pm on a Friday night so we ended up stopping at a little ourdoor restaurant and had some pasta for dinner. We didnt have the room in the hostel to ourselves anymore a lady from London came today. She is very nice and knows Nice quite well because her mom lived here for a bit. Her mom and sister are both supposed to be coming but are stuck in London because it snowed 10 inches. We are getting lucky with the people we share rooms with...which is great and hopefully it stays that way. An interesting thing is that McDonalds is more chic and modern here, it even has a McCafe that people get espressos and sit and drink their coffee. Interesting...I got to talk to my family today which was exciting because I havent talked to them in about a week or so. I missed them so talking with them was nice. More to come...