{"id":6176,"date":"2012-07-15T06:33:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T10:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=6176"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:13:57","slug":"day-49-saturday-july-14-day-off-in-nice-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=6176","title":{"rendered":"Day 49, Saturday, July 14 – Day Off in Nice, France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Light day today. Slept in, then ventured out in much cooler weather for an old fashioned “American” breakfast, found a ham and cheese omelet to die for (‘course the bill almost killed us), first eggs we’d had since arriving in France; they just do croissants and incredibly delicious baguettes for breakfast.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many of the building have obviously had the years of wear and pollution cleaned off, so they sparkled.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Though the rounded corners of the buildings are the most appealing to me,\"\"<\/a>the difference of plants in front of this one was most interesting.\"\"<\/a>And then there was the majestic Negresco Hotel \"\"<\/a>offering a view of the beach \"\"<\/a>for less than $1300. a night.<\/p>\n

Today is Bastille Day in France, so we figured we see a parade or at the very least, everyone out and about on their day off. \u00a0With the exception of the few people scattered on the beach, it was like a ghost town. \u00a0We imagine they are resting for the night’s festivities. \u00a0On our stroll back to rest, we saw the Church of Saint Peter Arena\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

and another favorite, flowers in window boxes.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our last night in France, we went Italian; a fabulous salad with anchovies, calzone and a bottle of wine. \"\"<\/a>We’ll be in luck if the Italians can match\u00a0this.<\/p>\n

Based on the cars parked on both sides the road a mile inland, we figured the evening festivities had begun, so we strolled down to the water to check it out. \u00a0At the end of our street a band was playing American Rock N Roll and doing a great job.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> So instead of relaxing and resting, we “shaked, rattled and rolled” to the music.\"\"<\/a> Thankfully, they stopped for an incredible fireworks display\"\"<\/a>so we were able to cool off a bit. \u00a0 We scooted out before the fireworks ended and the next band began; it was time to turn in, if we were ever going to ride in the morning.\n\t\t