The six amigos made the 875km drive from Munich, Germany to Nice, France on Thursday night around 9:00 PM. It took roughly eight and a half hours to get there which put us into Nice around 5:30 AM with a 1/4 tank of gas left. Thats 543 miles on 3/4 of a tank of gas. Why we don't have ecodiesel vans in the US is beyond me. To fill the car up it cost us maybe 60 euro? Comparable to any gas guzzler in the US. Makes me want to trade the Volvo in, kinda.
For those of you who don't know, my brother, Patrick, has been living in Nice, France for the past 6 - 7 months teaching English and working at an Irish pub called Snug.
Because our hotel wouldn't let us check in till 12:00, Patrick met us around 7:30 AM showed us around his neighborhood, got us some coffee and breakfast and let us crash at his apartment. After the night we had, it was exactly what we needed. After we checked into the hotel, we met Patrick in "old town" and enjoyed a great lunch. The food at the bar is quite good.
After hanging out there for a bit, we took a hike up to an overlook to get some shots of Nice.
When we arrived, the weather was not the best, it was very windy and overcast, but the scenery is still breathtaking.
Nolan Ryan spent a fair amount of time at this overlook explaining his master plan to get into a party on one of those yachts down there. Guess how that turned out.
That night Patrick took us to a local restaurant which served traditional Nicoise dishes. After eating starch and pork for the past month and a half, we were introduced to truly amazing food. We were very lucky to get a reservation there because the restaurant is not open on the weekends and we were leaving on Monday so this was our only chance to go. The dinner was the highlight of the trip.
Friday night ended up being a late night for some of us and Saturday was rainy so we just hung out at Snug and watched Man Utd! They won which always leads to a good day. Saturday night we attended a birthday party at Patrick's place. It was a fantastic party in which everyone at some point in the evening put lipstick on and kissed a big sheet of paper. A message accompanied each set of lips and had to be signed. Then the ridicule began, of course.
Sunday we met up and took a hike in the mountains that overlook Nice. It was a 2000 foot climb in about 2 miles. The best way to describe the trip is in pictures.
Above the building is the peak which we climbed to.
Greg and Shaun close to a cliff, again.
The view from the top.
The village from which we started.
Heading back down.
French mountainside.
Amazing little garden.
Typical southern France.
That night we had a nice Thai dinner and got to bed early. We had to leave and drive eight and a half hours back to Munich the next day. What a weekend.
The drive back felt longer, probably because it was, but we did stop by Milan for an hour for lunch.
We sat in the square and ate in front of the massive cathedral, the Duomo de Milano.
The drive back was long but the scenery was pretty nice. It was like this for more than half of it.
Location:Nice, France
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