Living a Dream

I'll be on spring break for the next 10-12 days and won't be updating the blog from the travels. These travels will include...a lot. Pompeii, Naples, Puglia, Matera, Sicily, and more. In the meantime, check out the archives on the right side for recaps of trips from September through December 23rd, when Carly left. Also, you can check out my photos from the following places... Avio: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/se97pxdyim22h49/AAAy0JAYxzBJlL9PKbC8LTrYa?dl=0 Bellinzona: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3u676x3n22hsx9i/AACLiR508wdGh3AJL6V9RagDa?dl=0 Brussels: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2lggiso5doga1h8/AABgklRY73a4jDe5ZH5vMGNRa?dl=0 Innsbruck: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wu5azm4kn67fvzf/AABGWngsKFDeda3DiGZobil2a?dl=0 Ireland: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oz5v2csiimzi4k9/AAAFCpAAyRI1kR8DmKy75QEKa?dl=0 Lugano: (this was the first trip) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qhlfx8g2oarwsf1/AACvnzAQhgV10XjbgRmnju4Oa?dl=0 Nice: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i348dy9h80l7z8b...

Yes, it's still hard to read it as "niece" instead of "nice" but that's OK. We went to Nice aftger we discovered that we were only a train-ride away, and even though it was late in the summer season, the weather was going to be stupendous and the tickets cheap. Not to mention we got an affordable, poorly reviewed hotel; time for an adventure! Nice is in the heart of the French Riviera, aka the Blue Coast, which is famous for rocky beaches, beautiful landscapes, and obscenely wealthy people doing obscenely wealthy things. We decided to be outsiders and leave our mega-yacht at home. The train went from Milan to Genoa, then along the Mediterranean coast for three full hours. Every five minutes was punctuated with us saying "yeah, that would be a nice place to visit." The beaches were gorgeous, people were swimming, kids were playing, etc. We arrived at about noon and quickly went to drop our bags at our hotel, which actually had a room already a...