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Prologue: Tribute to the SWC South Africa 2010!D-Day: A beginning Eastfield to Istandbul: Grumpyness at 30000ft Turkish shuttle Istanbul by day Istanbul by night Long walk to freedom Lisbon walking tour Discovering Lisbon Exploring Sintra Fado’s night out The rain in Spain falls mainly on my brain A day in medieval Toledo Madrid on a Sunday Flamenco por una buena causa To Barcelona Barcelona! Barcelona!Gaudi in the morning Olympic in the afternoon Chilling in Barcelona La Rambla To Nice A Nice night Relax, take it Eze Monaco in an afternoon Chilling in Nice To Venice Our first day in Venice The attempt at Venice night photos The second day in Venice The last night in Venice The Farewell Frenzy in Firenze Exploring Florence Conquering the Dome Conquering the Torra Lucca, I am your father Picnic in Pisa A day in Pisa When in Rome…Ancient scorching Rome Welcome to Naples (and its crazy traffic)A day in Capri Ancient scorching Pompeii To Santa Fortunata Chilling in Sorrento Back to Rome Aida and the catacombs The Vatican in a flash The End

jnroux

Western Europe 2010

Chilling in Nice

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Jul 3 2010, 10:38 AM

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jnroux
Somerset West, South Africa

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Nice, France

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This morning we had breakfast at 9:30 and decided that we would start by exploring the old city which was within walking distance from us. The old city was distinctly different from the other parts of Nice and the streets were alive with people buying and selling. Almost like the big flee-market in Hartenbosch in December. It was also as hot as Hartenbosch on a warm summer’s day in December. From the old city we walked into Park de la Colline du Chateau, which has a cemetery, a man-made waterfall, a nice 360 view of Nice and a lot of stairs (like most of the parks we’ve been to). Here we also saw our 4th wedding... what will we see next? A funeral?  At the highest point of the park we met a family from Sasolburg and it felt really good to speak Afrikaans to other people. We took another way down and visited the La Tour Bellanda (a tower with a nice view). Riana and I then went down to the beach called Castle plage for a swim and a tan. The sun is not as potent as the South African sun and you can actually lie in the direct sun for two hours between 12:00 and 14:00 and not get burnt… amazing! Don’t get me wrong, it is still pretty warm and humid. On a part of the beach they had a real “sea-sand” volleyball field where they had a professional tournament. We watched a bit and the rules are a bit different from what I know. They play volleyball with 3 a side and play up to 25. You can also score on the other team’s service. After watching a complete volleyball game we went back to the guest house to watch the last half of the Argentina-Germany SWC game and saw Zie Germans destroy Argentina! After the game an even bigger event was about to occur… my mother indicated that she would swim with us for the first time in 10 year! Yes, 10 years! So we went down to the beach called Galion plage and swam while Riana took photos and video clips (with strict directions on angles allowed during filming/shooting). Finally we went back home to watch the Spain – Paraguay game and I am so glad Spain won! OLE!

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