Turquoise waters, stony grey beaches and abundant sunshine - these three essentials make up what is known as the Côte d'Azur. During our weekend in Nice, we got two out of three - abundant sunshine being replaced by intermittent patches of rain. The rain, however, didn't faze us in our wanderings around Old Nice - with a ton of cafés and restaurants; or up and down the Promenade des Anglais - walking, while everyone else ran, biked, or bladed past.
Nice is a very agreeable city with its fair share of the unbelievably wealthy (not overshadowed in the least by neighbouring Monaco), hordes of tourists (mainly from cruise ships), fitness freaks (rain or shine, there was always someone jogging up and down the promenade) and dog-lovers (Niçois like their dogs, it seems - and they like them small).
Sunday, half the city came seaside to watch the Regatta. A parade of beautiful sailboats dotted the marina and the Baie des Anges for a good part of the morning. It also happened to be "give your dog a bath-day" on the Promenade des Anglais. Clearly, two important events on Nice's calendar.
And so our visit to Nice mainly comprised of promenading and puttering about the city, visits to the Villa Rothschild, Matisse and Chagall museums, and a few large and tasty meals with Mr. and Mrs. Jhaveri.
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