NICE : CE QUE J’AIME, CE QUE JE N’AIME PAS – NICE TO MEET YOU NICE #nice #côtedazur #frenchriviera

NICE : CE QUE J’AIME, CE QUE JE N’AIME PAS – NICE TO MEET YOU NICE #nice #côtedazur #frenchriviera

So, what’s nice about Nice? Well, first of all, there’s public transportation, the tram, the bus. There’s Place Massena, you can feel the very Italian inspiration. There’s a piano in the distance. There you go. There are also a lot of buildings with very beautiful architecture. I’ll show you more later. And then there’s a statue of Neptune. Ah, that’s the Hayat Hotel with an Art Deco building. So, what’s a little unpleasant, especially in the evening, is that there are a lot of runners. There are cycle paths with bicycles, but even though we have all that for pedestrians, we have the impression that, well, we always have to avoid the runners. See, there’s still one coming. It’s all the time, all the time, all the time. For me, it… it stresses me out. There are too many people, for me, there are far too many tourists. It’s a shame because otherwise it’s pretty. On the beaches, it’s fine. I’ll show you on the beaches. On the beaches, it’s fine, there’s no one there. No smoking beach of course, you see. But overall in the evening, it’s very pleasant. But otherwise… in terms of walking, there are too many runners, there are too many cyclists, there are… there are too many people to avoid. It’s nice here if you want to take gardening classes, botany, floral arranging, cacti (cacti) and the setting is nice. with the sea right in front. Promenade des Anglais, you have lots of beautiful buildings like that in Art Deco style, but also Italian, Piedmontese styles and of course all that, facing the sea. The front door. Even that is a small town house in Italian style with little Italian shutters. There are very small houses like that, all cute, town houses with a small garden. There you go, lots of little houses like that facing the sea. Well, this is a hotel and it’s written in Chinese too, so it’s mainly aimed at Asian customers. There you go, you have this type of building that also dates back to the 70s. There are loads and loads of them along the Promenade des Anglais. There’s a little bit of Russia in Nice, the Saint-Nicolas Cathedral on Rue Saint-Nicolas. It’s very beautiful from the outside. Inside, I think it’s very dark. It needs to be restored… because the gilding is completely tarnished. It’s a shame, but otherwise the place is charming. So it’s free just to look at the entrance, but otherwise you have to pay, and it’s €5. Well, I don’t like paying to go into churches, I’ll tell you that frankly. So I didn’t pay. And there are lots of little squares like that in Nice too. There, it’s Place Rossetti. In terms of architecture, it’s true that it’s very nice. It’s very pleasant. There ‘s a little taste of Italy here too. Well, it used to belong to Italy, until the beginning of the 19th century I think. It’s good, but for me there are really too many tourists. On Place Garibaldi. “Dog beach”, Promenade des Anglais with the little shower. So the advantages of Nice, lots of cycle paths, sidewalks (=sidewalk), fairly wide sidewalks. Lots of things to see in terms of architecture, there are lots of Art Deco buildings or also 19th century buildings that have been well maintained, well restored. So that’s very nice. Well, the sea with not too many people on the beaches. Uh, let’s say a gentle way of life in terms of the climate. Well, for me, it’s too hot because, with the humidity, it’s not pleasant, well, the humidity and the heat. So, personally, I would avoid July, August, September because there is this humidity and also a lot of people. You see, there are cyclists and runners all the time. Then, the disadvantages, well, you saw the pebble beach. So you have to bring shoes because otherwise your feet hurt to go to the beach, but the water is quite good, the water temperature is quite good. Another disadvantage for me is the really big crowd. of tourists, a lot of runners, a lot of people on bikes and there’s a stressful side when you’re a pedestrian because you say to yourself “I hope they don’t run into me.” And that, I admit, is a rather unpleasant side in the end when there are a lot of people. But I think the impression is completely different when you’re in… in winter, I think it’s not the same thing. But in any case July, August, September is not at all pleasant, it’s stressful. So it’s great because there are trams, there are buses, there ‘s a lot of public transport, cycle paths, but when there are a lot of people, a lot of tourists, well you see that it… it’s stressful in the end. So that would be the small negative point. The city is quite clean, there are still quite a few trash cans and smart trash cans. So that’s nice. But there are too many people for me. See more and more bikes passing by, passing by, passing by. There you go, maybe you have to choose the right season. That’s it. That’s my little summary. But it’s a very pretty city, mind you.

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Erratum : “Le 24 mars 1860, par le traité de Turin, Nice et la Savoie reviennent à la France. Napoléon III obtient ces deux territoires en récompense de son intervention militaire contre l’Autriche, aux côtés du royaume du Piémont, et en échange de l’annexion de l’Italie centrale par le Piémont.”
Ainsi, “Nice n’a jamais été italienne, elle appartenait au Royaume de Piémont-Sardaigne jusqu’à ce qu’elle devienne française en 1860.”