South of France Continued: The French Riveria

So from the rolling greens and lavender fields, we moved on from the hilly areas and travelled into the coastal region of the South of France.

From there, we experienced a change in temperatures and landscapes; from a windy and cool climate to a hot and humid environment, and from countryside views to pebbled beaches and azure blue waters. Not that this was cause for complain – while I loved the lavender fields and peaceful views of the French countryside (if you couldn’t tell from my previous post hehe), I’m an absolute water baby and was ever ready to hit the beach!

So here we are, moving along the South of France, entering into the French Riveria 🙂

1 last look at Avignon… which had an old city within it too (like Carcassonne). These city gates reminded me alot of the ones in Jerusalem

We took a bus ride out to Pont Du Gard, which is in between Arles and Avignon

The sheer size of it.. compare it to the people walking on the structure!

Just to let u know, the Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aquaduct. While the structure is not used anymore, water still runs through it

Seems like people are happy to kayak through it! How pretty are the waters? We spent some time wading in it 🙂

Reaching Nice just before sunset. We had such a delicious dinner that night – post to come soon!

Taking a daytrip out to Monaco.. with the Monaco flags in the background to prove it!

Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Monte Carlo Casino.. check out the batmobile!

Another sports car! And note the Rolls-Royce at the back…

…the owner finally came out! And they look so ordinary :O

We climbed the top of the hill to find the Prince’s Palace

View of Monaco from the top

Fancy an apartment here? It’ll cost you at least a million

They have trams in Nice too!

Promenade Des Anglais

Check out the throngs of people at the beach!

Would be so cool to jump off those cliffs

Check out my sandal lines! (I totally didn’t notice the woman in front of me until I took this pic whoops)

Wandering along Rue Massena, where I found a decent coffee place!

Me outside Galeries Lafayette.. where I DIDN’T buy anything, except maybe a Pierre Hermes macaron hehe

The square around Galeries Lafayette

Nice Ville… where I did most of my souvenir shopping!

The view of Nice atop Castle Hill! Can u spot the airplane and flag of France?

While walking around, we chanced upon an old palace.. admission was free too!

Lots of artwork to admire

Back at the Promenade in the evening to see the Bastille Day fireworks!

LOTS of ppl gathered at the beach

And the fireworks begin!

These 2 kids in front of us were so cute.. they kept jumping and yelling, ‘C’est Magnifique!’ 🙂

Yup our stay in the South of France was well… c’est magnifique, as how I would describe like the 2 French kids 🙂 I got to indulge in my favourite cuisine (there were some misses but some good hits too), get abit of sun, hit the azure waters when it got too hot, do abit of shopping at a relaxed pace and just take in the French Riveria scenery.. so it was all quite a nice experience really (pun fully intended).

With that, we continued along the coast line to enter into the Italian Riveria 🙂 So hold on for our Italian leg!