Saturday, April 9 we started our day with a 2.5 hour walking tour. It left from the Tourism Office on Promenade des Anglais and we worked our way to Vieux Nice (Old Nice). We learned a lot about the history of Nice, beginning when the Greeks arrived here in 800 BC. This area has been under the rule of various entities and was finally ceded to France by the Treaty of Turin in 1860. There is a lot of Italian influence here in the architecture and food.

Can you see the waterfall on the top of Castle Hill?
The tour took us through a flower and vegetable market.
A Renaissance style church
Inside the church

After the walking tour ended we went back to the flower and veggie market a got a Socca, a Nice specialty that is a bit like a crepe made with chickpeas and sprinkled with salt a pepper. We also bought a water color from an artist to add to our gallery wall in our living room. We returned to our apartment to take a short break, then headed further west on the Promenade than we had previously been. We saw a demonstration from people who think that, and this is from something they handed me, “Defending our freedom, war of convenience, the Covid story melt like butter in the sun, and Putin decides his army needs a little stay in Ukraine, Coincidence? Ask Klaus Schwab if you see him please. Give Putin the Novel Peace Prize. He killed Covid in a week.” Okay then… we moved on and walked east on the promenade as far as Castle Hill.

I guess this is our beach because it’s named after our street. 😎
Another demonstration, this time at Place Messena. This one was against the war in Ukraine. This one I can agree with.

After we had dinner we went to the beach near our apartment for sunset. the beach faces south, but there’s still a pretty view.

I walked over 21,600 steps and almost 9 miles today. Maybe we will take it a little easier tomorrow. Maybe.