We had lunch on the beach today for the first time this year. It has been a chilly spring for this part of France, and often breezy. Today the temperature was about 75, no wind. The beach at Nice is stones, as everyone must know by now. The tables and chairs were set out on the stones under umbrellas. Teen aged girls in shorts with sailor caps and tops showed us to our table, and then a real waiter came and took our orders. We had to squirm a bit in the chairs to set them properly, meaning more in the stones than on them. Most of the tables were full, and in front of us so were the mattresses, people sunbathing, the women mostly in the very brief bikinis in vogue this year, or else in bikini bottoms only, which doesn't raise an eyebrow here. There did seem to be fewer topless women than in years past. Perhaps the custom is dying out. On the sea a number of sailboats flitted back and forth, and one or two motorboats moving fast. There were very few swimmers, for the Med is still a bit cold. In the space of an hour we watched two of the big car ferries from Corsica back carefully into Nice's tiny port and disappear among the houses, and regularly there were planes coming in over the sea, lining up to land at the airport three miles west of the city. The food was quite good, considering that this and the other beach restaurants are open only six months of the year. I had the luncheon special which was baked salmon with a dark, cream sauce, surrounded by mussels and asparagus, and Madame had cabillaud--I don't know the name of this fish in English--with roasted garlic, and mashed potatoes. We drank a local rosé de provence, enjoying both its taste and its pale rose color in the sun. The cost of all this was about $80, tip included. At one point Madame said to me: "would you rather be in America right now."
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12/25/2015 10:07:40 pm
Thank you for sharing this useful information with us, I am working in Bali Garden Beach Resort as a travel agent. Summer is here and it is the best season for swimming. Nice is a famous coastal city in France, which is located near the Mediterranean. Nice is also the fifth largest city and the second largest airport in France. Nice is a wonderful tourist destination in the Mediterranean, and it is known as Blue Coast.
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5/3/2016 07:35:45 pm
Nice beach is one of famous beach in Paris. many tourist and local people go there ti enjoy the beach. What a phenomena every year many girls sunbathing in topless, i really want to go there hehe. and if you want to there and stay in hotel you can visit our site http://www.landhoteldiever.nl/ for looking hotel and booking. Thanks or sharing your experience.
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