One rainy Sunday, Alex had an itch to get on a train and ride to the Italian border to a place called Menton. We didn't know much about it other than it was known for its citrus fruit. We ran, or rather Alex ran and pulled me through the rain all the way to the train station and we rode to Menton. As soon as we were off the train, we saw some orange trees and beautiful architecture.
Everything was closed in town, so we just took some time to breathe and walk alongside the sea. We saw an amazing rainbow and of course, spotted a cat.
We ended up eating at the only restaurant open in the town near the sea, but it had great food an even better dessert!
After a rainy weekend, the sun peeked out and it was brag weather again in Nice. After meeting more of Alex's classmates and their wives, one of the wives joine me for lunch and some sun on the beach. Gabriela and Henrique are from Brazil and they are both very nice people. I am so happy to meet another girl who is as short as I am! We are not short, just vertically challenged. We went to my favorite place, Emma's Cupcakes, for lunch and well...you know, cupcakes. I had to share the love of this amazing place! Then we went to the beach and what was there to greet us? Our flags! It was so amazing that the Brazilian flag was right next to an American flag, but even more amazing that the American flag had a California flag attached! It was meant to be.
I have enjoyed getting to know Gabby as the weeks go on and it is fun to have a partner in crime!
Another great pleasure we had recently was to meet up with our friend (Bailey) from Hickory's sister and her family. Anna, Nico, their two boys (Liam and Lucas), Nico's mother, and some of Nico's old classmates joined us on the beach one evening to talk about how things had been going in Nice. The family lives near Nice in Aix en Provence. It was great to see some familiar faces!
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