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Welcome to Nice!

 We picked up a rental car and drove to Nice, a trip which should have taken about 25 minutes, but was much longer because this was the last day of the Paris to Nice Cycling Race.  Roads were closed and we were caught in traffic and then made a large detour.  After checking in to our hotel (and navigating the parking garage...no mean feat given the size of the spaces), we went for a walk.  The hotel is in an excellent spot in the old harbour part of time.  We were able to catch the last part of the cycling race and then walk along the Promenade des Anglais.  A number of English were wintering in Nice and were horrified when, in 1820, due to a harsh winter in the north, a number of transients showed up in town.  The local Anglican church organized a work project to give people jobs to build the promenade, funded by a wealthy Englishman.  We were astounded at the number of people walking around town.  Also amazing was the tram system to move people around the city.











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