Saturday: We don't care about tours, just beaches!

Maryel turned 21 today!! We left the hotel at 9:30 and arrived at about 10:00 in Nice, of course the weather was perfect so we headed straight to the beach. We played in the waves, laid in the sun, read our books and relaxed all morning. At about 1:00 we left the beach and had some good old american cheeseburgers for lunch. At about 2:30 we were on the bus again and headed to Eze, a little town which is home to the Galimard Parfumerie. We saved opted out of the tour and saved 8 euro, choosing instead to visit the town a bit. There were tons of little shops and I bought a few souvenirs for some of my favorite people! In one little shop, the owner came over to talk to us, he was curious, like so many before him, why Chris was all alone with so many girls. This man called him the chef (leader). We laughed at this joke again and talked to the owner for a few minutes. apparently all of his aunts and uncles live in Michigan now! What a small world.

Beach in Nice

After 45 minutes in Eze we once again got on the bus and headed to Monaco! When we arrived we were all very hot and only wanted to swim again! so we opted out of another boring museum, and set off in search of a beach. After asking several people we realized that the beach was probably too far to walk to, but we could see down at the harbor, from our position at the top of a very big hill/cliff, that there was a place with ladders to get in the water and swim! So we walked down many stairs and eventually made it. We stayed for an hour or so, jumping and diving into the water and swimming with the fishies. It would have been a great place to snorkel!

 Monaco

At about 7pm we headed over to the Monte Carlo, to see the ridiculously lavish lives of those who visit there. We saw plenty of Bently's, Rolls Royce's, Lamborghini's, Ferrari's, etc. We went inside the lobby and looked around for a bit. then, since we had nothing better to do with our time there we sat on a bench and made up a game we called "Rich or Not". We examined each person who passed and decided if they were rich (i.e. "Hes nerdy rich, like software and computers" or "shes definitely a gold digger") or not (like us, just tourists).

Monte Carlo

We finally got back to the hotel, took much needed showers after a day full of salty swimming, and headed out to celebrate Maryel, Olivia and my birthdays. We had food and wine at a little restaurant, when we left there it was just past midnight, so we headed to another little place to have a cocktail we'd heard of called the Monaco. We figured it was a good thing to order since we'd just visited Monaco. Apparently it is made with beer, grenadine and lemonade. At around 1am we returned to the hotel to get some rest for another long day ahead of us.