Oct 8, 2009 - Avignon to Nice

Early wake up at 5. Nice - stairs to navigate again - tourist office and coffee. ... Walk to Hotel Armenonville (30 mins) - charm & tradition with only 12 rooms.Early wake up at 5. Nice - stairs to navigate again - tourist office and coffee. ... Walk to Hotel Armenonville (30 mins) - charm & tradition with only 12 rooms....

Oct 7, 2009 - Nice...sort of

We spent over 10 hours on the train from Rome to Nice. ... We ended up really loving Nice though. ... We went for a really nice walk from our hostel to the beach at night and hung out there. ...

Oct 7, 2009 - Nice

They sent us down a street that didn’t live up to the beauty that I thought Nice was known for. ... I began to wonder if Nice wasn’t nice, after all. ... He explained that we had to walk through Nice to get to the bus station at the far end of the esplanade. ... It was only after spending a day seeing Monaco and the next day seeing Cannes that we focused our attention on Nice itself. ... We climbed aboard; no queue at all that far from the station, and rode to the more modern part of Nice, north and west of the old city. ...

Sep 4, 2009 - French Rivera

I went to the French Rivera this past weekend! We stayed in Nice, which was super nice and then traveled to Monaco and Cannes for the day on Saturday. ... We arrived in Nice around 1pm on Friday- we finished our first class so we got Friday off to allow us to have more time for the weekend! Once we arrived in Nice, we checked into our hostel, which was nice and in a great location right off the main street of the town half way in-between the ocean and train station, and went to the beach!! The beach was breathtaking the water was a perfect shade of blue and you could see for miles down the coast in both directions. ... The beaches in Cannes were sand beach and much nicer than the ones in Nice. ... We had dinner in Cannes then took the train back to enjoy the night with the rest of the group in Nice. ...

Aug 4, 2009 - NICE FRANCE

We spent a full day in Nice today. ... Tomorrow we are off to Italy, Verona/Venice. ... We spend some 7 days in Italy before heading to Greece and then Egypt.We spent a full day in Nice today. ... Tomorrow we are off to Italy, Verona/Venice. ... We spend some 7 days in Italy before heading to Greece and then Egypt....

Aug 2, 2009 - Barcelona - Nice

Today we spent the day travelling from Barcelona to Nice, about a 10 hour coach ride. ... Finally we arrived in Nice that night and had some dinner and headed out to a local theme park till about 11 ish. ... Jason – worst suntan line Tiarn – walked in main street of barcelona passed a suite case shop, and said to hear friends, “there's no way i'd leave my suitcase in the middle of the street in barcelona given how unsafe it it” Tiarn - saying i the tomato festival in barcelona the same as the running of the bulls!!!! She also said yesterday she didn't want to go swimming in Nice because she didn't want to get sand in her hair. ...

Jul 14, 2009 - Nice, France

I don't even know where to start about this weekend- so much to tell! We left Friday morning for the train station at like 730 and met up with Alie, Jennie, and Nikki. The trip took awhile but we finally got into Nice at like 4. ... Then we tried to find our hotel which was way more difficult than it should have been and so funny b/c we were all so lost and prob looked like stupid American tourists walking around with our bags and a map.I don't even know where to start about this weekend- so much to tell! We left Friday morning for the train station at like 730 and met up with Alie, Jennie, and Nikki. The trip took awhile but we finally got into Nice at like 4. ... Then we tried to find our hotel which was way more difficult than it should have been and so funny b/c we were all so lost and prob looked like stupid American tourists walking around with our bags and a map....

Jun 1, 2009 - Nice

Like I mentioned at the end of the Cinque Terre blog, getting to Nice, France was interesting and a adventure. ... When we went to information in Cinque Terre and asked for a reservation to get to Nice, we were surprised how helpful the lady was. ... We ended up going the wrong way, missing what we thought was the last train of the day to Nice and of in some little crap town where nobody anywhere spoke a word of English and unlike any other country Italy doesn’t give you itinerary’s of the train journeys so you know where you are and where you are going. ... We arrived in Nice after midnight and immediately felt this rush of calm hit us, the people in France were so helpful and friendly during our last lag of the journey, the trains were even nicer. ... We only intended to stay in Nice but ended up staying for 3 because we enjoyed it so much. ...