Day 13 -- Nice

Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Another day with no rugby match. I walked down to the shore and dipped my feet in the Mediterranean Sea. The beach is made up of pebbles instead of sand. They range from pea-sized to baseball-sized. It was not easy to walk on it barefoot.

Looking east along the beach

Architecture: Le Negresco Hotel

Then over to Big Fernand for lunch. Had a fantastic burger and fries. The burger didn't photograph well, but it was delicious.

Bartholomé burger and Gargandines fries

A narrow alley in Nice

While walking back toward the hotel, I read a news article that mentioned that William Webb Ellis was buried in France. In the town of Menton. I looked it up, and it's only about 5 km east of Monaco, and I already knew that Monaco's only 15 km east of Nice. I activated a day on my Eurail Pass and headed to the train station. 

While standing on the platform I started loading up the walking directions from the Menton train station to the Menton cemetery in Google Maps. Google pointed out that the cemetery would be closed by the time I got there. Oops. Because I had already committed to a day of travel on the Eurail Pass, and because I was already on the train platform, and because I only made it into the top 30 on City Strides with my Monaco walk yesterday, I figured I'd go to Monaco and walk around some more.

This time I walked from the water's edge at the harbor to the highest point in Monaco. Sea level to 161 meters.

No monument, but this is the highest point in Monaco

Architecture: a modern building in Monaco hear the high point

After today's walk I've finished 31.24% of the streets in Monaco and I'm in the top ten. 

I forgot mention yesterday that while walking in Monaco I went right past an Asics store. My shoes are getting pretty beat up -- they were on their last miles even before this trip -- so I stopped in to the store and bought a new pair. I asked them if I could wear the new ones out the door, and if they could toss the old ones in the trash. They agreed. These new ones -- Cumulus 25 -- should easily last the rest of the trip, and then some.

Then back to Nice to end the day.

The main train station in Nice -- Gare De Nice Ville

...doug