Day 3: Nice and Eze, France

Our ship ported in Monte Carlo, Monaco.... but we weren't in the mood for gambling, so we decided to try out France instead. We also decided to do an excursion on this day.... so we boarded the bus and was on our way to Nice, pronounced like the word niece. Nice was not so nice, it was VERY hot and pretty much a dirty city. We were dropped off near the beach (no sand on the beach, except for some they brought in for a beach volleyball court.) So even the beach wasn't all that nice, just small rocks instead of sand. It was too hot to be interested in shopping... so we just tried to find places to hang out in the shade. Then it was time to load up on the bus, but 4 people we missing. Apparently our guide couldn't count because we left and next thing we knew there were 2 people running toward our bus. About 10 minutes later our guide finally realized that 2 MORE people were missing, so we drove back to the meeting spot and wasted...I mean waited for no one to show up. (We later found out that the 2 women hopped on a different tour bus, thankfully.) Then we were on our way to Eze, pronounced like (eh-z). ** When we first read the 2 towns on the excursion description we thought it was funny to be visiting "nice and easy."** Anyway... Robert and I headed up a very steep hill and then a lot of steps to make it to the quaint town of Eze.

We LOVED Eze! It was a beautiful village filled with small shops, stone houses, and terrace restaurants. One thing Eze is known for is is for the production of fragrant perfumes. Lavender brought about the peak of the perfume industry. Now the French Riviera is known as the world capital of the perfume industry. I did manage to buy a bottle of perfume there.... NOT a lavender scented one. I would love to go back to Eze, so if you are taking notes... mark this one down as a place to visit.

I'll post some pictures tomorrow.