DAY 9 NICE / ANTIBES

We woke up at around 8am, had breakfast and then we went to Kelly's new host family and dropped down her luggage first. Her host mom was an old friendly woman, she let me get into her flat as well and she tried to talk to me in French. Luckily I could cope it well :D

Then we went to the weekend market. They mainly sold flowers, fruits, antiques, ornaments and dinnerwares.

I didn't buy anything tho I really enjoyed walking around the weekend market. We don't have this kinda market in Hong Kong and even if we had, I wouldn't wake up in the early morning for strolling around there. I can wake up easily when I'm on vacation in other country coz I don't want to waste time on sleeping!! :D

We had a quick lunch coz we had to take the bus to Antibes. We found a shop where a lot of people queuing there and we guessed the food must be good. There was a Asian girl working in the shop and she could speak fluent French. She didn't look like being born in France, I guess she is a exchange student. I really hope one day I can study in France.

The food was a bit salty but overall it was good. I quite liked the sardine fishes. It wasn't like the Portuguese style but it tasted nice.

It took around 45mins from Nice to Antibes by bus and we took a nap on the bus. We got off the bus and walked to the seaside, a very impressive big blue sea was in our eyes!! It felt so relaxing and good to walk along the waterfront promenade.

Comparing with Cannes, Antibes is rather more like a small town and the beaches looked better. Most of the beach area in Cannes are reserved by the hotels so I barely saw the nice view from the beach.

We walked pass a church and they were holding a wedding ceremony. I couldn't see the bride but I saw the bridegroom. He was busy talking and taking photos with the guests. The guests dressed so elegant and it totally doesn't look similar to the Hong Kong style wedding.

I found my dream house in Antibes!! It faces to the Mediterranean Sea and it looks like a little villa. I don't need a big grand house!! All I want is a house next to the sea!!

We went back to Nice in the evening and then we had dinner in a Italian Restaurant. I guess French people usually have late dinner so the restaurant was still not full at 7pm.

In France, the wine was even cheaper than the water so I got used to drink wine during the meaks :D We ordered a Spaghetti with mussels and a pizza. The portion was very big and it was enough for both of us. The spaghetti was soooo delicious!!!

Since it is going to be summer, the sun sets late in Europe. I could still a bit sun at around 8 or 9pm.

We headed back to the hostel at around 9pm and then we met a Malaysia girl on the tram. She heard me and Kelly talking in Cantonese so she asked if we were from Hong Kong. She visited Nice on her own and we asked her to join us for drinks with some new friends at the chapel together.

We drank and talked until 1am, this hostel brought me a lot of good memories tho I have only stayed there for 3 days. It is my last day in France and tomorrow I'm heading to London.

You may not like Nice immediately when you first arrive there but the longer you stay, the more you find this is a very lovely city. I do like Nice a lot and for sure I will go back one day!!