Showing posts with label Nice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nice. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Live While You're Young

I never knew that so many events could occur in a week and a half. The most exciting and crazy things have happened and to be honest I feel like I truly am 20 years old. I've met many new faces, go out and stay out until the morning, barely get any sleep, laugh to my heart's content, and jump at the opportunity to new things. For instance, about two nights ago my friend and I decided to go out to have a nice dinner and take pictures along the promenade. We went to the beach so I could take some lovely shots of the full moon and ended up meeting two new friends. They were playing their guitars together and had actually met about 30 minutes prior to meeting us. One was an Australian who had just arrived in Nice that day and decided to check out the beach while the other was a local who was originally from Paris. We stayed on the beach listening to them play beautiful melodies and talked for hours. We became friends almost immediately and ended up hanging out the following night (last night)-and this is where the real fun began! We met up at the Australian guy's hostel where we met his new friend and ended up drinking together. After this our French friend drove us to this beautiful beach called Villefranche-sur-Mer. I mean,  just the fact that I was able to see the beautiful seaside cliffs from within a car was jaw dropping itself despite the full moon illuminating the Mediterranean sea. I was forced to play the singer that night to accompany the music and later we found ourselves enjoying a warm midnight swim. So, that was last night's festivities and all I have to say is that more than the moon was bare that night. 





Friday, July 19, 2013

Nice is nice like they say


Bonjour tout le monde! I am sitting here with a glass of fruite Griotte in Nice, France contemplating the past few days and hours of complete insanity. Flying alone for the first time was a nerve wracking and exciting experience. As soon as we landed I was greeted with stunning views of the ocean and clear looking sands. Soon after I was thrown into the French speaking world and found myself loving every moment of it. I was given a tour of my apartment, met my roommate and soon after we headed out to Promenade des Anglais to swim and sunbath on the pebbly beach. Everything was going splendid until nightfall. I will skip most of the details because just mentioning the situation literally makes my skin crawl and gives me goosebumps all the time. To sum it up shortly my roommate and I lived in a horrible apartment for three days. While our welcoming to Nice started out with relaxing days at the beach, informative classes and amazing shopping it also included sleepless nights, constant fatigue and extreme paranoia. I am glad to say that we arranged to live in a new place yesterday. This apartment is absolutely parfaite and somehow I guess it was worth all the trouble. I would love to go into further detail about my experiences such as falling in the street, the constant moonlight strolls, and meeting  new friends but I have to be up early in the morning for an excursion to Antibes tomorrow.  

À toute à l'heure!