We woke up in the bay of Ville France
We learned that it cost 500 euros to be docked in this port for 24 hours!
Before our tour we walked around Ville France and found this beautiful little church.
Walking through the streets of Ville France
It was quite an overcast day and even rained a bit.
That's our ship
This banister was covered with tour stickers from previous cruises.
We kept seeing these nice little fruit stands
Driving to Nice
Looking down a street in Nice
We drove by a park with this carousel
A French McDonalds...they were dvertising this nice looking croissant with coffee for breakfast...much nicer than in the U.S.
The famous Negresco Hotel
Another shot of the Negresco
This was an awesome Russian church. There were Russian immigrants that settled in the area when it was first starting.
Interesting street name
A view of the Russian church
The train system was below
Cool looking apartments
It was a "Nice" Jazz festival...hehe
This was painted on the side of the apartment.
A pretty hotel
This statue was made for Queen Elizabeth. she is in the middles surrounded by 4 girls.
This kids were scootering down this hill...we were waiting for an accident, but none occured.
This was a library...a head-cube!
Louis Vuitton in Nice
they were having a tournament of this game that was similar to Bacci ball
Can you see the para-sail in the background?
A cool panther sculpture
One of the jazz bands that was playing in the square
This cool looking fish restaurant
All of the restaurants had a ton of outside seating.
The Thor pub
The I love meat restaurant
A hat store
This huge fountain in Nice had a ton of animal sculptures.
And people riding animals
Here was another tournament for that game called Petanque.
We bought Peach Iced Tea Mentos...super tastey...they are the fresh maker!
The Fresh Maker!
Waiting in the bus to go to Eze.
Driving to the town of Eze.
A beautiful area
The house on the top of this hill (to the right) used to be owned by Bill Gates.
garbage alongside the road...it's just like the Bay Area
A closer picture of Bill Gates old house.
There's our ship
The guy standing next to Janine is another John who was at our table on the cruise.
This was looking up at Eze, the medieval town that we were headed towards.
They used to use these donkeys to carry things up to the town.
Looking up into the town of Eze. It was a town that was built for protection on the top of this high cliff.
wooden sculpted faces at one of the shops in Eze
Another photo of the sculptures with the shop
Walking through Eze. The town still has some people who live there year-round as well as a ton of shops and 2 VERY expensive hotels.
We felt like we had gone back in time.
They sold amazing Limoge boxes in one of the shops.
looking into one of the hotel gardens
One of the hotels had a garden filled with huge sculptures.
Metal elephants in the garden
Dolphins and an alligator
Such a beautiful view from up here!
A huge chess board in the garden
Looking out across the tile roof
This huge pigeon sculpture with the side of it's face missing...odd.
The sun was peaking through the clouds