Bonjour from Nice!

After meeting Nancy in Lyon, France, on Friday afternoon, we spent the afternoon touring and catching up. Lyon is beautiful and it was fun to hear French. I was surprised that I was able to recall a little bit of French from high school.

 Yesterday, we took a train from Lyon to Nice, France, which is on the coast of the Meditteranean sea. We spent the rest of the day yesterday exploring the city and wandering around. Back at our hostel, we had dinner with some fun people from Scotland who were visiting for a long weekend. This is what I love about hostels, everyone you meet is super friendly and has stories to share. This particular hostel is awesome because there is a huge common room and there are tons of people hanging out at night.

 Today, we walked around Old Nice, which had colorful buildings and narrow streets. We were walking along an outdoor fruit market and realized we could see the beach in the distance. Then we went through an arch between buildings and it opened up to show miles and miles of coastline. Absolutely beautiful.

 In the afternoon, we walked up to a famous viewpoint over the port, then we took a bus to Ville Franche, which is a cute little beach town about 15 minutes outside of Nice. We spend a while soaking up the sun and swimming before walking through a castle overlooking the sea and catching a bus back. Now we're having dinner at the hostel and tomorrow morning we're taking a train to Florence, Italy!