Flying on a budget airline from Barcelona to Nice, France was Nowhere where near the chaos of spirit back home.
The flight was only an hour or so and the airport was easy to manage and find our way from the airport to the city. Our Airbnb wasn’t going to be ready until after 5pm and that was a challenge because we were landing around noon. So after much research, we found a site called luggagenanny.com. Basically, for 6€ you can book at a hotel space to leave your luggage for the time needed. We found the closest place to our Airbnb and dropped off our luggage.
This was awesome! We then went to get a bite to eat. Since the weather was rainy, we looked at places nearby and found a Lebanese place with great reviews. Yes, we know...not what you eat in France...but hey, what a great find.
This place was magnificent. The flavor of the food, the variety of the assortment of the dishes and the service was amazing. This place was so good, we can twice during our stay.
After lunch, we walked over to a public library and Henry had to take a few business calls from the steps in front of the Library, not ideal, but it worked.
After a bit of work, we checked into our Airbnb and headed to a restaurant nearby for drinks. In Barcelona, we went at it pretty hard so we were tired. And by 11pm we were done.
The next day we headed down to the Nice coast. We first checked out the city's outdoor market. Lord these markets are so amazing!!!
After that, we went down to the sea. The views of the sea are amazing. We walked down the Promenade des Anglais. It’s a 4.5miles path that goes along the coast. We climbed up to the highest point to see the city from above. The views from the park on the top of the hill where amazing.
Nice is a calmer city than places like Barcelona, so we just took it slow and relaxed.
The following day we headed to Monaco. This was our last full day in the area before Italy.
On our train ride to Monaco, we stop in about 4 towns. One of these towns was Villefranche-sur-Mer. The train station was literary above the beach. It looked great. We decided to stop on our way back from exploring Monaco.
In Monaco, we did the touristy things like the casino and the palace. It was pleasant to walk these crazy entangle streets. The restaurants and shops in Monaco are way over the top on prices. So beforehand Henry had done research of good affordable restaurant and right at the top of Monaco, the line that crosses back into France, he found us an Italian restaurant. Lol. We were getting ready for our month in Italy lol 😉
The cook was an old-school Italian guy that owns and runs the restaurant. He was super nice, greeted us, talked in Spanish and English, explain the menu and made a few suggestions. The meal was sooooo good! Especially after the hike up to that part of the city.
When we left, we finish our walk around Monaco and headed back to that tiny beach town we ran into on the way in.
When we got to Villefranche-sur-Mer, we settled in a beach bar that was playing the game between Argentina vs France. Great experience to see all these French folks all excited. Sucks for Argentina but very cool to experience the soccer passion in each country we have visited.
The drinks were well priced and by drinks, we mean wine and beer lol. The water was refreshing and so calm. The perfect way to cool off and unwind after a hectic day walking the ups and downs of Monaco.
Lastly, we went back to nice and had our last dinner at the same little Lebanese place we began our adventure with. What a joy!!!
Next is Italia...stay tune!
Thanks for reading,
L & H
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