Opera Plage, we meet again! NICE!

Next weekend after Cassis, we've had half a week of school, our first couple family dinners, lots of orientation, and a week of nighttime excitement and group bonding. What better way to continue our voyages then to go to the Mediterranean resort town of Nice? Waking up insanely early, we get on the bus and look forward to a rather chilly day in the sun. Nice was cool because I've already been there and spent some time exploring its backroads and main sites, so I got to make new memories where I already had old ones and it somehow felt different than just seeing the city for the first time. First stop, Musee Chagall. We saw Chagall's work, having had our art lesson on his history and the signficance of the bible and torah in his works the day before, and we bought a few souvenirs. Then we drove down to the bayside (Baie des Anges) and were free to roam. My group went up the hill for a panoramic view of the city and its environs, well worth it because we saw all the tops of the buildings and the cool church belltowers and the bay spread out in its full glory. We made it all the way to the top, passing a waterfall randomly along the path, and ate lunch at the top. We redescended and made it to the beach finally, walking through the open air market first and seeing traditional goods, food, seafood, flowers, and all sorts of things being sold.  We found the one sand beach in Nice, avoiding rocks, and tanned for a little. From the beach we could look up to the hill we had climbed and see the waterfall neatly tucked into the top of the hill. Before leaving, we went to the world famous Fenocchio ice cream shop (which has 96 flavors!!!) and got ice cream. I got Rose, delicious, and no, I can't describe how a flower tastes, it just tastes good and you'll have to trust me on that, and I tried everyone else's flavors. I mean literally everyones. My goal is to try all 96 flavors eventually, I'm well on my way because last time I was in Nice every day for three weeks I got a different flavor, so my repertoire is slowly filling out. Other people got Nougat, Avocado, Gingerbread, Fig, Lemon, Pineapple, Bounty (comparable to Mounds bars in the States), Caramel, Calisson, and Lavender. The Calisson was very good, but not as good as rose. Then we all met up at the bus and arrived back in Aix tired but contented.  Nice looked pretty much the same as it did years ago, and I got to sit on Opera Plage again, my oh so favorite beach, so that was fun too