Well hello there Mediterranean sea

After five and a half hours on a train (the nice lady sitting next to us gave us cherries) and half an hour wandering around looking for the hostel, we have safely arrived in Nice! This city kind of reminds me of Eluthera with the brightly colored houses and beach-town vibe, and I absolutely love it. The architecture is totally different from Paris with terra cotta roofs and stucco walls and so so so many flowers. Today it was about 85 and sunny, an there are palm trees everywhere. After two weeks of almost perpetual rain showers, I am positively in heaven! There are also a ton of tourists here, and there was an Ironman earlier this morning.

The hostel itself is so cute, but the rooms are TINY! Molly, Griff and I are all in one room with bunk beds which have just enough room to walk between them. We've also got a sink and a push button shower, but the toilet is shared with the rest of the hall. In case you ever stay in a hostel, don't assume that "linens included" means towels. We had to use today's clothes to dry off after showers. The staff seem friendly and helpful, there is free wifi, and free breakfast so all in all this place is a steal. Did I mention that we are two blocks from the MEDITERRANEAN?!?!

So as soon as we checked in, we went straight to the beach. It's a stone beac instead of sand, and the water is so dang blue it almost hurts to look
at. You don't even have to try to float the water is so salty. I could swim out there forever. There was an interesting cast of characters at the beach which included topless women, men in speedos, and tons of naked children. Typical France.