Good morning from Nice! The sunrises are coming later (7:49) and the sunsets are coming earlier (4:53). The weather is still nice, though – while there is a chance for rain today, I can’t really see it happening. It’s sunny and the clouds don’t appear to be the rainy kind. This is the view from our balcony near sunrise.
We went to the gym and market today, no big plans to do much other than relax and do some reading. The grocery stores are full of Christmas trees – and the French have a great, environmentally friendly way of using pieces of wood for the stand. This probably wouldn’t work in areas that are drier and warmer, as I don’t think you can put any water in the base. This is the tree down in our lobby:
There are signs of the holidays everywhere – Advent calendars (now 34% off as we’re 6 days into the month!), special foods, lots of sweets. I saw a king’s cake – it’s a bit early for it, but this one is very much like the rosca de reyes in Mexico. Closer to January we will start seeing the other type of king’s cake, the one with frangipane.
On our way home, we walked on the other side of the street – so I saw some new signs and things we hadn’t seen before. If you look around at the different buildings, there are lots of memorial plaques for people who were killed or deported during World War 2. There is also a cool little fountain dedicated to animals.
We took the bus part of the way home and there was a cute German Shepherd puppy riding with his owner. He was such a sweet puppy – soft and well-behaved. I got to pet him a little bit and his owner told me that he was being good because he had just been to the park for over an hour and was tired from playing so much.