We awoke to glorious weather for our planned trip into Nice today.
After our usual morning routine of coffee, breakfast, clean up, etc, we discovered we were almost an HOUR ahead of where we usually are when completing such tasks, so we gathered up our stuff and headed for the train station.
We arrived in nice under equally beautiful skies and spent the best part of the morning perusing the stalls of the HUGE antique market for whatever took our fancy.
Very little did.
The stuff that did was too big to bring home or just downright too expensive. I saw a wonderful little medallion that I wanted to add to my Napoleon memorabilia collection. It depicted the Emperor as a Roman Emperor, riding in victory in his chariot, drawn by 4 horses, while angels held laurel victory wreaths over his head. It wasn’t particularly well-made and was quite a light weight when I held it in my hand, but it was decorative and whimsical. I expected shed be asking about 20E for it and I’d try to get it for 10E. 15 Max. She wanted 50. I put it back and didn’t even try to negotiate (note: it didn’t have a price tag on it. I don’t trust dealers who don’t clearly indicate the price of their items).
After finishing the market and perusing a few of the streets around it, we decided to head back to our apartment in Menton (after briefly toying with lunch at La Petit Maison, Karen Pilosof’s favourite restaurant). We easily caught the 12:25 and zipped right back home for an afternoon of soaking up this wonderful weather.
Today’s weather: Clear skies with a high of 25C
Today’s photos:
Paul eyeing the goodies at the Nice Antique Market
Chien - Ne pas a vendre
Chien (Carlin!) - a vendre
Catching the rays on a glorious day (model unknown - but looks like he was on his way to work!)
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