Kilometres Walked : Friday 14km, Saturday 18km.

Saturday 20th May, 2023.

With some drizzle about it was a nice slow start to the day yesterday. Then just before lunch we decided to walk up to the Matisse Museum. Well obviously everyone else thought to do the exact same thing! After a nice 45 minute stroll we arrived at the museum only stupidly expecting a small line up. What were we thinking? With a line up that was at least 2 hours long to gain entry we turned around and hotfooted it back to the old town. After lunch back at the apartment we decided to check out the Photography Museum which was just the next street over. With the current exhibition being by Lionel Kazan, a fashion photographer from the mid forties to the sixties we thought that might be up our alley. And it definitely was. Lionel had a fantastic eye and we were quite impressed with his photography. It’s no wonder his work graced the pages and covers of so many magazines. My favourite photo was one of Jane Fonda back when she was just 20. She is still as stunning today as she was back then.

More wandering through the colourful streets of Nice after that then a quiet night in. (I know it was a Friday night) Today we were much more prepared and walked to the Matisse Museum nice and early and were the second pair of people in line waiting for it to open. The building itself is beautiful with that lovely rust colour and the mint shutters but I have to say the actual Matisse pieces in the museum were not really my cup of tea. Quite frankly I thought it was a bit boring. Luckily there was another exhibition currently on display by Tom Wesselman an American Artist which we both really enjoyed. The colour in his works really stood out so the walk back to the Museum wasn’t a wasted one.

A little more strolling the streets and then a venture out after dark to see all the lights. What a pretty city Nice is. Even thought its been a bit drizzly we have thoroughly enjoyed wandering around. The colours here are just amazing as are the little alleyways, shop fronts, markets and of course the sea.

Merci beaucoup Nice, we have loved the French Riviera. We have also loved that for a big busy city it is super clean and the police presence on the streets does make it feel very safe. Au revoir!