Nice, France

Out train ride into Nice, France took almost 14 hours! Luckily, we had t change trains 2 times, so that helps to split up the day. The train ride was exactly what I had hoped to see and more. For the majority of the ride, the Mediterrain was on the right and mountains on the left. Ths shore of the sea is perfect everywhere. I wanted to get of the train and explore the little towns and beaches and swim the whole time! I did not expect the mountains to follow us to France. I loved looking out the window at the water and I decided that althogh traveling by train takes more time, it's worth is because you get to see so much more of the country.

Our train pulled through Cannes and funally into Nice. Our hostel was close by and off the main road. There was a guy from Brazil and another from London in our room who were incrediable nice and funny. They had been traveling together for a while, so I truly enjoyed hearing them pick at one another like brothers!

We went out to dinner--pizza-- and then found an internet location. Everything in Nice was notically more expensive and it was depressing. Usually you can get an hour of internet for one euro, but in Nice, the loweest we could find was two euro-hour.

We got up the next day and expolred the city and the shopps. It was a big but small town. They had a tram and all, but really only two main roads. One led the the beach and we spent the later afternoon there. The beach had no sand, and instead gray rocks. It was surpirsingly not that uncomfortable and I really liked it. The sand I have expeeinced this trip has been a huge variety from Valencia, very soft and fine, to Barcelona, heavy, to the rocks in Nice. The water had the most pefect fade from the dark blue to teals and into white as the waves crashed onto the shore. We enjoyed Subway in the main plaza and had some great people watching.