1) People don’t seem to take traffic regulations very serious – for instance, they just park their cars right in front of the place they need to be, even if that means in impossible places like right before a traffic light or in such a narrow passage it just blocks all traffic.
2) Drivers are also really impatient – sometimes even aggressive – and keep honking for no reason.
3) French have kind of a bad rep when it comes to their attitude – although I speak from experience if I say this differs per region – but unfortunately the people of Nice make it true. However there were some exceptions, especially in the restaurants we had dinner.
4) If you’re staying in a hotel that is located in or near the centre of Nice, everything is within walking distance – something I really prefer when visiting a city!
5) There is a lot of dog sh*t on every sidewalk, so watch your step!
6) There are a lot of homeless people – which is not that exceptional in a city, but I’ve never seen them gather all together at night – with mattresses, blankets and everything – to have some sort of slumber party.
7) The beach is not sandy, but consists of large pebbles.
8) Sailing classes going out on the ocean, which surprised me, I would expect those to begin in spring.
9) Airplanes fly in every ten minutes, especially a lot of British Airways and Easyjet.
10) There are a lot of delicious and affordable places to have dinner (I’ll make a report of the places where we had some of the best food!)
11) We especially tasted a lot of food from the region, which was finger-licking good! Goes really well with wine from the ‘Cote de Provence’ – somehow this trip turned into quite the culinary one.
12) There is still a a lot of the recognizable architecture I talked about earlier, but you’ll come across a lot more modern buildings. It’s actually a lot more beautiful just outside of Nice.
13) Against my expectations it was quite lively in Nice for a winter month!
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