UPDATE: 25 Feb 2025 = Nice & Menton Actuality
photo: Menton, France
my love is mine mine mine
we went to nice, guys! and menton, with the lemons and the sea glass, and this lovely picture. it was nice, unironically. like, i would absolutely go back and recommend it.
day 0
- criminology class, i think she might've been able to tell i wasn't super engaged
- last minute thrift for tiffany's outfit (we did an outfit swap! very proud of both the idea and the lemon skirt i found)
- stuff our faces with things that might go bad (aka spinach, mayak eggs, fruit)
- be public nuisances and rush to the airport
- it ends up being so chill, we were pretty early
- sleep, and wake up to complimentary lindt chocolate? hell yeah lufthansa
- salivate over €7 hotdogs but cop a very large pack of biscuits
- run away from women who want you to pay for your maybe-your-definition-of-too-big-is-flawed carry-on luggage
- sleep, land, confusion and reddit saves us from being scammed by airport priced train tickets
- how are train tickets €1.70?? this is so cheap?? plan to dilly dally after dropping luggage
- I AM SO HUNGRY AND THE BURGER SHOP THATS SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN IS CLOSING
day 1
- brief jason call in the bathroom but there's no wifi or data
- outfit try-on time omg we are so funny and look so cute but why is it raining and why did i decide that it was a good idea to wear small backpack and then puffer over that smh
- oh i can't speak french this is not good --- and i dropped my pastry that i just bought ---
- (tiffany's croissant was so good)
- accidentally not know how the train tickets work, i have to buy new tickets even though tiffany already paid
- COASTLINE TRAINRIDE TO MENTON sleepy audrey
- lemons lemons lemons its the lemon version of the rose parade! weird aliens and butts
- new lemony smelling flowers... mimosas
- BEACH BEACH model timeeeee
- OMG AND SEAGLASS
- free photo booth pictures!
- overpriced lemon jewelry
- we almost ate at a seafood restaurant and then left and then ate such good "pizza" & pesto gnocchi (was so so stuffed, gnocchi is heavy and they fed us hella bread)
- more shopping! lemon preserves, pharmacy, more souvenirs ~
(how i know we got ripped off with the bracelets earlier lol) - back to nice! actually saw monaco this time
- matisse museum --- FREE but so tired and lwk meh... he liked naked women a lot
- messing around at the roman colosseum ruin thingy
- head towards promenade to catch sunset = intimidating library, old town, carnaval!
- found flowers from the flower parade
- sunset shenanigans with all the other people who appreciate nice beach vibes <3
- snack? yummy churros and lwk terrible beignet
- oh no everything is closed and we are so bored
- reservation time finally --- so busy but THIS PLACE SHOULD HAVE A MICHELIN STAR SHOUTOUT L'EPICERIE GEORGES AND REDDIT REC I DONT EVEN LIKE BEEF AND LIKE DECONSTRUCTED PESTO ZUCCHINI PRE-BUTTERED AND SALTED AND PEPPERED BREAD CHEFS KISS UGH
- walk home ~
- crying on the phone on the couch why is it so goddamn cold shivering sleep time now its okay
day 2
- i dont wanna get up... ten minutes...
- OMG i looked like i got punched LOL my eyes aren't okay
- brekkie take 2 = croissant, no regrets fr
- socca @ the market! i didn't know it was a thing but tiffany ordered it, basically tastes like dad's fried scrambled egg but allegedly has lentils
- chagall museum = also free, but so much more worth in our option --- stained glass, lithography, he loved his naked wife awwww, colorful biblical scenes as a jewish artist in europe during nazi era
- (also i think people just liked my outfit today or something, people were really nice... or i just looked clueless HAHA ie the guard wanted me to show the inside of my jacket and i fumbled a lil and he smiled at me after on the way in AND said bye to me on the way out)
- ...the bus never came
- pack pack hurry hurry bye lovely airbnb...
- most annoying TSA ever, made us lwk unpack
- airport macarons & sandwiches
- HOLY SMOKES SWITZERLAND IS EXPENSIVE A GIRL JUST WANTS FRIES
- burger king... studying...shen yun...
- albert heijn made us miss the bus and wait for thirty minutes i had no say in that
- SLEEP
the resilience of the self under the duress of earthquakes is remarkable. you don't have to be, but you can.
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