my weekend in nice...

...was effing SICK.

my three days in the south of france could probably be summed up in the following three words: beaches, baguettes and beer - but it was a lot of other things, too =]

we got to Nice at about 8pm on friday night. we dropped off our stuff at the hostel (which was actually pretty sweet! i've never stayed in a hostel before but this one seemed fairly popular...and clean!) and then went to dinner up the street at an italian place. we got some wine and then went exploring in town. Nice is a really cute town. i guess they call it the old city, actually. lots of colorful little buildings near the beach. our hostel was actually next to the main road that led down there, so that was nice. we ended up at a little pub for just a drink and then went back home to get sleep before our first day at the beach!

saturday morning we got up at 9 and went to the monoprix for champagne, orange juice, baguettes and fruit! we brought everything to the beach and laid there, on the rock beach, for about four hours. it was glorious. and the weather was perfect.

at around 2:30, we decided to do more wandering and get some gelato! afterwards, we went to get ready for dinner (again, italian. again, delicious.) and grab some wine 'cause it's so much cheaper than buying it out. we hung out at the hostel with a bunch of people because they were giving out free champagne! i swear, the owner of that place is so chill. he must love his job. but yeah, we ended up at the same pub as friday night 'cause this bar wayne's was too full for us. sad days. still fun, though.

sunday we woke up early and it was pouring. we decided to spend some time getting a nice breakfast out (with coffee, thank goodness) and then we figured we'd just take a walk once it stopped raining, kind of, buuuut absolutely nothing is open on sundays? meh. good thing it cleared up around noon because i went for a hike with some of the girls and their roommates, stephen and william! we climbed up this mountain to a waterfall you can see from the beach. turns out there's this whole park thing up there...it was SO gorgeous and frankly kind of nice to do some exercise.

we went to meet the rest of the girls at the beach, but it was a bit chilly and cloudy so that didn't last long. we went back to get ready for dinner and then went out with chris and hannah, more roommates! we got more beer/wine and pregamed at the hostel with a ton of people. i guess chris knew some of the people there already from another city so we all played cards and hung out (and got more free champagne!!). we eventually did make it to wayne's and it was AWESOME. incredibly crowded and hot, but the live band was awesome. all in all, the most fun i've had in awhile.

yesterday, monday, we woke up early again, went to the monoprix and then back to the beach for our last day of sunshine! there wasn't a single cloud in the sky, i couldn't even believe it. we sat there for like, 5 hours or something ridiculous and it was so perfect. some of the girls went parasailing but i videotaped 'cause i've done it before and then we just hung out!

chris met us at the beach, so that was cool, and then we had to head back to the hostel around 4 to check out/grab dinner for the train. i was so sad to leave, it was legit my favorite weekend in a really long time. and, of course, the second we got back to paris it was cold and we couldn't catch a cab and i remembered how excited i was to go home. haha. i can't believe it's already tuesday night, though. i'm already like halfway packed for home, too! all my grades are in so it's really just smooth sailing for the rest of the week. pompidou centre tomorrow with sonia and carley and who knows what else! i'll keep ya posted, as usual =]