Nice, France Part I

I was so lucky to spend a fabulous girls weekend in Nice, France with good friends Nicole, Celeste, and Jenny.  There was lots of eating, talking, and drinking wine.  And a day spent touring around the French Riviera on a great group tour.

I want to get the pictures on the blog, but might not have as much commentary as I usually do.  My mind is preoccupied with lots of things regarding our move back to Texas.  So for now this will have to be a two part photo essay - Part I Nice and Part II The Azur Coast.

We started the weekend on Friday afternoon after a quick flight from London.  We splurged a little on this trip, staying at the Hyatt in Nice.  This was our view as we had an afternoon snack on the deck.  I can't tell you how BLUE the sky and water were!

After settling in our hotel, we wandered around Old Town Nice a little and ate dinner at a great French restaurant called Cafe Juliette.

Flavored salts

An interesting pig that was sliced for a customer

Gelato at the famous Fenoccio's

Conversation a Nice by Jauma Plensa

On Sunday, we had a leisurely morning, especially after springing forward with a time change.  We strolled around the Old Town again, but this time it had come to life with a farmer's market.

Nicole bought some of these strawberries...they were the juiciest, sweetest, reddest strawberries I had ever had!

Nicole felt like she was back in California with the delicious strawberries!

Lastly, we walked up to Castle Hill.  Here we found a great park area and wonderful views of the coast.  And to sum up all our meals for the trip...Italian, Italian, and more Italian!  Nice is so close to the Italian coast that I would say most of the restaurants were Italian.  Delicioso!