Poke bowl & French cheese

This morning we arrived in the centre of Nice, France! Yesterday was mainly a travel day as we had an evening flight out of Porto, which was delayed…. So we arrived at our airport hotel at 1:30am.

Boarding at sunset

We woke up at 10am, too late for the hotel breakfast, so we took the tram into town to leave our bags and get some food! We went to a little health food bar called SUPER BOL and got some poké for breakfast/lunch.

Salmon poké

… can’t forget the coffee!

Afterwards, we took a walk along the Promenade des Anglais, the walkway of the English people. The name comes from English aristocrats who used to visit Nice in the 18th century to benefit from the wonderful climate.

Beach from the promenade

#I Love NICE

Views from the walkway

We had a warm 28 degree day, but near the sea there is always a nice breeze! Our walk led us to the Castle of Nice. Built high up on a hill, this used to be an important military point, but now it just provides beautiful views.

Views from the Nice Castle hill

Waterfall on the hill

Beautiful tile work

Next, we wandered through the Nice old town, in search of ice cream. The old town has lovely little streets with plenty of shops. I’ve been to Nice before, but I was having lots of fun showing Liam around :)

Walking through the old town

Ice cream success!

We got enticed into one particular shop, a cheese shop by some free samples. The gentleman who owns the shop makes all the cheese himself and by hand! He was very charming and had delicious cheese so we had to get some. He threw in some extra cheese for me because he “liked my face” and a little sausage for Liam as an “empathy gift from a fellow man whose partner is also vegetarian”.

Delicious pesto cow milk cheese

After that fun shopping experience, we got settled in to our great little apartment and then left for a quick swim in the sea. The water was so nice and refreshing, not chilly at all!

Taking a dip in the sea

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