{"id":6077,"date":"2012-07-14T17:58:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T21:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=6077"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:13:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:13:50","slug":"day-48-friday-july-13-cannes-to-nice-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=6077","title":{"rendered":"Day 48, Friday, July 13 – Cannes to Nice, France"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have a short ride today; one: because we are really tired and secondly: we wanted to spend a night in Nice which is not that far away.<\/p>\n

The beach was already full\"\"<\/a> as we pulled away at 9:30 this morning. The homes are just as gorgeous on the ride out as they were on the way in.\"\"<\/a>One town connects with the other with very little interruption. \u00a0But the town of Antibes stands alone in uniqueness. \u00a0Besides the (apparently) required yachts,\"\"<\/a> it features what appeared to be an old castle,\"\"<\/a>beautiful narrow (albeit steep) streets\"\"<\/a> and a lovely small town feel. \u00a0The view of the Alps in the distance was breathtaking\"\"<\/a>and though it does not come through in photos, we actually saw snow on the highest peaks.\"\"<\/a>Saw this structure from miles away\"\"<\/a>not sure if we were more impressed with this condo’s architecture or the peaks of the Alps in the distance. \u00a0Once again our ride today was greatly assisted by the whipping wind; we tried hard to slow down, but at times actually had to apply brakes to do so. \u00a0Even in the heavy wind\"\"<\/a> the beaches were packed,\"\"<\/a> but there was no sand to blow, these beaches were all rock; guess we are spoiled with the soft sand in Virginia Beach.<\/p>\n

On our way into the city, we biked by the Nice airport, that has more (big) private jets parked, than most airlines have in their fleet. \u00a0We easily found the way to our hotel and checked in to veg\/relax, etc. \u00a0Of course that never lasts for long, before we itch to check out the city. \u00a0From what we saw, Nice does not have the tightly packed narrow streets, but it is not without it’s stunning architecture\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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attractive squares\"\"<\/a>and hordes of people shopping.\"\"<\/a> By the time we reached the waterfront in the evening, the wind had picked up to 40 mph,\u00a0turning the calm crystal blue waters into a stormy sea,\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

still just as breathtaking;\"\"<\/a>but nothing as spectacular as Old Glory\"\"<\/a>one of the very few we’ve seen on this trip.<\/p>\n

One last picture of the American Episcopal Church (1886) from our walk back after a spectacular bowl full of mussels and Bolognese.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tomorrow we take a much needed day off; this time it will really happen as we’ve booked our room for two nights……..and we are sleeping in, so may be a while before we post \ud83d\ude09\n\t\t