While we have only been here less than two weeks, we have had some great adventures. These adventures are, of course, in addition to our wonderful normal activities. We have restarted our french tutoring which is going very well despite our lack of discipline when it comes to doing our homework. We have been to our favorite restaurant and visited with our favorite butcher, baker and green grocer. Of course we have also walked.
In fact the first adventure has to do with walking. On New Year's Eve Day, we had coffee at Chez Betty to catch up with friends who live in Villefranche. We were joined by good friends from Minneapolis. She is staying for 3 weeks, but her husband was only here for a week. We finished our coffee around 10:30 and decided we would walk along the coast to Nice. Jane and I had never done this walk, but we knew many people who had and they all survived. We were not planning on a long walk so we were not particularly dressed well, had no backpacks and no water. But who said we were smart. It was, however, a perfect day, so off we went. Here is a picture as we look back at Villefranche.
And one of the four of us as we start the rough part of the walk.
Jane and I took a little rest before we reached the end of the point going to Nice. Don't worry there really is a path behind us. It is just hard to see.
As you can see there were lots of steps both up and down.
When you finally round the point you get a great view of Nice and beyond.
Then came the long climb up from sea level. The steps wind back and forth but you end up straight above where we were when we took this picture.
But it is all worth it because when we got to Nice after an hour and half of grueling up and down, we had a great lunch at a favorite restaurant of ours, Chez Papa, a small but wonderful restaurant just off Place Garabaldi.
Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal
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