Day 3: Nice/Cannes
Before making the trip to Cannes, we headed over to the Marché de Fleurs, a farmer's market in Nice, to pick up some breakfast and browse the rows and rows of different produce/meats/bread/flowers. We waited an hour in line to try a peppery egg crepe-like dish called "socca". In the end, although the crepe did have a unique and interesting flavour, I would say it did not live up to the hype. I then decided to pick up a pain au chocolate (best things ever) and baguette for the road.
We had a few hours before our train, so we decided to chill along the beach at the Promenade des Anglais and soak up some rays. It was so relaxing to just do absolutely nothing. After an hour or two, we headed over to the train station to make our way to Cannes. However, continuing with the trend of transportation hating us, our train was cancelled, and we had to get off the train and wait another hour for the next train.
When we finally got to Cannes, we discovered that there was really nothing special about it... We picked up some macarons from Jean Luc Pelé, and started walking to the beach just in time to see the sunset and snap some gorgeous pictures, then went to see the Film Festival Centre, and after that had dinner at a cafe. Other than that, there really was nothing to do. We wandered the streets for a bit after dinner but ultimately headed back to our hotel quite early. We then ended up watching Vampire Diaries (quel surprise!) in French because it happened to be on TV.
Before making the trip to Cannes, we headed over to the Marché de Fleurs, a farmer's market in Nice, to pick up some breakfast and browse the rows and rows of different produce/meats/bread/flowers. We waited an hour in line to try a peppery egg crepe-like dish called "socca". In the end, although the crepe did have a unique and interesting flavour, I would say it did not live up to the hype. I then decided to pick up a pain au chocolate (best things ever) and baguette for the road.
Fresh produce at le Marché de Fleurs
Socca
We had a few hours before our train, so we decided to chill along the beach at the Promenade des Anglais and soak up some rays. It was so relaxing to just do absolutely nothing. After an hour or two, we headed over to the train station to make our way to Cannes. However, continuing with the trend of transportation hating us, our train was cancelled, and we had to get off the train and wait another hour for the next train.
Trying to get rid of my horrible sandal tan!
When we finally got to Cannes, we discovered that there was really nothing special about it... We picked up some macarons from Jean Luc Pelé, and started walking to the beach just in time to see the sunset and snap some gorgeous pictures, then went to see the Film Festival Centre, and after that had dinner at a cafe. Other than that, there really was nothing to do. We wandered the streets for a bit after dinner but ultimately headed back to our hotel quite early. We then ended up watching Vampire Diaries (quel surprise!) in French because it happened to be on TV.
60% cocoa & fine champagne macarons
Sunset
The currently not-so-glamorous looking Film Festival Centre
Best salmon!
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