{"id":6178,"date":"2012-07-16T16:12:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T20:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=6178"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:14:11","slug":"day-50-sunday-july-15-nice-france-to-san-remo-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=6178","title":{"rendered":"Day 50, Sunday, July 15 – Nice, France to San Remo, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

We left just after eight this morning, apparently very late based on the amount of people that were already out and about.\"\"<\/a> Everyone was out walking, running, biking or driving.\"\"<\/a> Our theory that people would sleep in after last night’s festivities, was way off. \u00a0We haven’t seen this many people on a Sunday morning our entire trip and more bikers than we’ve seen since Amsterdam last year.<\/p>\n

As soon as we left the Nice waterfront, we climbed around the point and dropped into the Nice harbor,\"\"<\/a> packed with sailboats, yachts and a cruise ship already in port.\"\"<\/a> The climbing continued the rest of the day in and out of harbors\"\"<\/a>that filled the coves.\"\"<\/a> But it was the Alps\"\"<\/a>that we skirted,\"\"<\/a> and the small towns\"\"<\/a> that gained our camera’s attention today.<\/p>\n

We reached Monte Carlo, Monaco before ten,\"\"<\/a> bringing back memories from our trip here 28 years ago.\"\"<\/a>We ‘raced’ through town (pun intended);\"\"<\/a> actually this principality, packed into the side of the Alps,\"\"<\/a> is so small, \"\"<\/a>it takes very little time to get through, even when you are taking your time. \u00a0The climbing began again on the way out of town.\"\"<\/a>As is usually the case, the higher we climb,\"\"<\/a> the better the view.\"\"<\/a>The colorful towns \"\"<\/a>were especially striking outlined by the mountains.\"\"<\/a>At 11:30 we crossed the border into our final country of the trip.\"\"<\/a>We saw even more bikers\"\"<\/a>and the ride continued to be gorgeous\"\"<\/a>though the climbs tough, thank goodness we took a day off before this leg.\"\"<\/a>Our destination\"\"<\/a>is a charming town,\"\"<\/a> not a bit of which we remember. \u00a0Tried to find the jewelry store we bought our wedding bands in, but we were only armed with a memory, so it was for naught. \u00a0But the people watching was good.\"\"<\/a>and plenty of other things to see.\"\"<\/a>That’s it from our visit to San Remo.\n\t\t