Switzerland by air:
Alps!:
The towns between the mountains and the roads through them looked really cool:
Nice!
Place Garibaldi, the area directly outside our apartment building, where we got breakfast after we landed:
View of the Place Garibaldi from our apartment:
This is for Kevin W.:
Our friend Adam and his ladyfriend Annika:
Church in Nice we discovered on our walk back from the train station:
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art:
Beachy:
So I was watching Sons of Anarchy on my laptop in the airport waiting for our delayed flight and DAN FROM GOSSIP GIRL (Penn Badgley?) WAS THERE!:
Nice from the air at night:
This looks like absolutely nothing but it’s actually Paris:
The BEST sight to happen upon when we finally got to Stansted airport (but still had quite a ways to go to get home):
The old city, basically a massive market on narrow, cobblestone streets:
The best gelato place in the world, according to Chris, was closed for the season. He was devastated:
Cathedrale Sainte-Reparate:
Palais de Justice:
Sunset on our first night (there was something on my camera lens – apologies):
There is a giant median that runs the length of the main tramway and it’s sectioned. Each section has a different art installation or use:
Big jungle-y park for children as part of the median, across from where I had the best crepe of the trip:
Pedestrian shopping street:
Saleya Flower Market:
A good number of people on our flight home did this marathon, with winds so strong they delayed our flight:
ICED TEA IN A GLASS BOTTLE:
Musee des Beaux Arts:
Monaco, Monte-Carlo:
The casino:
Back in the train station:
The train from Moscow to Nice takes 48 hours, nearly non-stop, and the cheapest ticket is 14,000 Russian rubles (only $450 CAD – ViaRail take note):
Our apartment, in Place Garibaldi:
Ancient Nice Archaeological Museum:
Ancient Nice was called Cemenelum:
Last bit of time before our flight, spent at the beach:
Finally, that’s it!
Love, Meg
Bags of Milk 