Nice

Success!! We didn't die in the ash! Nearly died of exhaustion though. 14 hours of travel from Calgary to Nice. Oi. We fell asleep at 7pm after doing a big walk around the city along the Promenade. I finally made it to Alsace-Lorraine. Unfortunately it was just a park in Nice, and not the actual French province that I've wanted to go to for years but never made it. Close!

We WENT TO MONACO TODAY (MY IPOD WONT STOP WITH THE CAPS! SORRY, I'M NOT YELLING) AND THAT WAS A NICE WORK OUT FOR THE OL' CALVES . IT IS VERY STEEP AND CONVOLUTED TO GET DOWN TO THE BEACH.

HAD A WONDERFUL DINNER TONIGHT: SHARED PASTA AND PIZZA AND WINE WITH JILL. AND ALSO HAD AWESOME DELICIOUS GELATO - YOGURT AND BLACKBERRY! JILL WAS AMAZING AT ATTEMPTING TO ORDER IN FRENCH, THE GIRL WAS GIGGLING AT HER. SO FUNNY! BUT I AM VERY PROUD OF HER FOR TRYING! WE GET INTIMIDATED AND SCARED, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

TOMORROW WE'RE OFF TO VISIT GRASSE AND THEN ON TO MARSEILLE FOR THREE NIGHTS! I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOOD BACK HOME!

LOVE ANDIE.