Extending Our Stay In Nice

Loving Nice so much that we have decided to stay for an extra two nights, so we changed our train tickets and booked in another couple of night at the hostel, which has been absolutely amazing to us so far. Yesterday Ole and I split up, we ventured to the beach with one of the guys from the hostel and i opted to go for a long walk. I walked along the main beach to a large hill which overlooks the entire city and from there it gives you a great view of the surrounding mountains and miles of coastline. It was a bit of a trek to get to the top, but certainly worth it, as you can see in the photo.

The top of the hill was once home to a castle, which was built in the 1100's, but was destroyed and removed centuries ago, there are still some remains of the old steps and some walls, but unless there wasn't signage, you wouldn't know that there once was a castle there. On my descent, i walked down the opposite site of the hill towards the harbour and looked on enviously at some of the boats which are housed there. As it is only 10 miles from Cannes and Monaco/ Monte Carlo, there are plenty of massive ships there, also a couple of cruise liners moored in the harbour. Will wander down to the beach a little later, as it is a gorgeous day. I think Ole and I will wake up early tomorrow and catch a train to Cannes, which is about 10-15 miles from Nice, it is where the International Film Festival is held, which is one of the biggest of the year. The following day we will venture to Monte Carlo, which surprisingly is only 1 Euro by bus. That will be amazing.