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Simply Nice!

A conversation that took place weeks after we arrived in London-
Cynthia: "hey Bel, let's go somewhere for your birthday weekend, shall we?"
Bel: "sounds great! hmm.. go somewhere nice..."
Cynthia: "Nice? ok!"

haha ok maybe I was exaggerating.. in fact, I was the one who wanted to go somewhere nice, hence "Nice" (lame? haha but lest you think they are pronounced the same way.. Nice is prenounced "niece" coz it's french.. anyways, it really lives up to it's name in english.) I learnt about this place years ago when I was taking french lessons back in NTU and there was this short chapter on Cote d'Azur area on the french riveria which my french teacher said is very nice, and popular for summer holidays. And this info just parked at the back of my mind.

Since Minghui's here, she joined us and Cynthia roped in Joselyn the last minute. We were so excited when we saw the first glimpse of the blue blue two toned waters and couldn't stop snapping. Sun's out and it was soooo lovely.

The beautiful beach

Sunshine

Supposedly if we had 3 days there, we could go to Cannes as well but many people told us Cannes is a boring place, nothing much except for the much hyped annual Cannes Festival held in May. Nice is between Monaco and Cannes so with a short weekend, they asked the birthday girl to choose where to go *ahem* haha.. ok so I decided Nice & Monaco/ Monte Carlo (20min train ride away, very near!).


 

look at the two toned waters

First day we went shopping a bit (Joselyn is quite a shopper! and wow Minghui too, as I found out!) Guiltily we went into a Longchamp boutique and emerged with 8 LongChamp bags and 4 beaming BIG smiles. Even Cynthia who is the usually prudent one, got 3 bags! Don't think it's very cheap, just that I laid eyes on the 60th anniversary bag and couldn't take my eyes off it. *yes I am a super bag person if you don't already know*

 

shopaholics at work

Yet another chance to use my limited french vocab here. Amazed at how few people speak english in this place.




Had a sumptous dinner near the beach where the wind blew non stop and we were left almost shivering in the cold.. hmm not a very pleasant experience.


Next day we decided to set off for Monaco early in the morning. Did a very touristy thing by taking the tram around.. save us some time in venturing on our own (most likely walking) since we were on a tight timeline. It was nice.. great view from the palace grounds down at the port with luxury yatches. This is the second smallest country in the world, first being the Vatican. Rich people gather here, supposedly we heard coz it is a tax haven. We spotted many flashy cars, and being outisde the casino gave me the very "James Bond feel", dunno why.

 


:: MONACO ::




F1 Grand Prix advert; the famous Monte Carlo Casino

We had lunch by the beach and later just sat around, chilling.. lazily we made our way back to Nice (another 20min train ride) and lazed by the beach before settling at a cafe for an early dinner before taking our flight home. Home to cold London. brrr

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Just back from my birthday weekend! we went to Nice and Monaco on the french riveria, Cote d'Azur area. So excited to share my photos showing the blue blue skies and blue blue seas, but no time to blog or anything!
so have uploaded the pics; you can check them out via this link first.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2007902&l=64b30&id=1094966172

Feel free to put comments yea :)

cynthia just went back SG for 3 weeks, lucky girl! gonna miss my dear housemate!
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