Finally, our first warm location: Nice (the French Riviera). We got there on Sunday afternoon and headed straight to the beach. It felt so good to see water again! The beach was right off of a promenade that ran from one end of the coast to the other. We walked up and down it just to explore a little and see the town. It was Nice's final day of their Carnival so the promenade was filled with confetti, streamers and balloons. At dinner that night we got lucky enough to be seated at a table that faced the fireworks celebration. It was perfect!

As soon as we woke up the next morning we rented bikes for an hour. It was cool to get to ride further to places we otherwise wouldn't walk to. Once we were done we changed into our bathing suits and laid out for the rest of the day on the beach. The beach was made up of all rocks but we managed. I even got a tan!! We stayed long enough to catch the sunset which, was gorgeous. Later on that night we stopped into the casino for a little while.

On our third and last day we took a train to Monte-Carlo, Monaco (another city along the French Riviera). I didn't really know what to expect but I knew if it was anything like Nice then I was going to love it! We wandered around for a while and first ended up walking through the docks of the yacht club. After going a little further we hit the beach which, in my opinion, was even nicer than Nice's. I felt like I was in Jamaica or Aruba or some other tropical island. From that point on we literally did not move. We laid down in the rocks again but this time around they were smaller and resembled sand more. We soaked in the sun until we were ready for lunch. We ate at this restaurant that looked over the beach with the perfect view. Once we finished we headed back for the train station because we needed to leave that night for our next stop: Barcelona!!!!