On Wednesday we left Barcelona at 8:45am and after stopping briefly in Montpelier France we arrived in Nice at 6:40pm. We took a tram to a local supermarket and a mini bus from our hostel picked up us. We arrived at the gorgeous Villa Saint Exupery and were greeted by lots of friendly Australians. This hostel is incredible, the rooms are large and clean, this is our first time in a dorm style room, but so far it has been amazing, given that it is off season, our room which has 5 sets of bunk beds in it, has at most only housed 5 of us. The hostel is a converted monastery that sits high on a mountain in Nice, the staff will tell you everything you need to know and how to get around, there is a bar in the hostel common area with 1 euro beers and every night a dinner special or pizza's made to order and breakfast is included. The common area always has music going and is full of people. Ty and I have concluded that we feel like we are at grown up summer camp, everyone is so friendly and we have managed to make friends with many other travelers, both fellow Canadians and some Americans. Thursday, our first full day in Nice we decided to venture up the coast with Candice (from Halifax) and Meredith (from Missouri) and make our way to Monaco together. We hoped o
n a bus that first took us to Eze Village, a medieval village, on a mountain, that hasn't changed in 500 hundred years!
From there we hopped back on a bus that took us up to Monaco, which was very glamorous. We walked into the lobby of the Monte Carlo Casino (this is as far as we could go without paying a large cover fee and full dress code being required). From there we walked down to the Habour and saw all of the beautiful and very expense boats and cars and the famous formula 1 racing track, topping the visit off with a glimpse of the prince's palace! A bus then took us back to Nice, where we settled into the bar of the hostel and had a great time with all of our new friends staying up in to the early hours of the morning.
Today we ventured into Nice and explored the Chateau, which, you guessed it, sits high on a mountain. While we climbed to the top we took in some incredible views and explored the amazing cemetery at the very top. We then strolled through the very quaint streets of old nice and stopped for some lunch. The rain was coming down so after lunch so decided to come back to our hostel, and we have been spending some time swapping travel stories with everyone we've met here. Tomorrow, is suppose to be sunny all day, so we plan to spend the day in nice and make our way down to the beach. Apparently, the water is quite warm, so we may even go for a dip in the Mediterranean sea...Sunday we train to Rome and we have also officially booked our flights to Greece from Feb 25 -March 8, where we plan to spend some time in Athens and the islands. Much love, we miss you all tons, wish you could be here with us!
-xoxox Jenna and Ty
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