My Spanish Vida

After a little relax back in our room we headed out for a bite to eat. Too be honest we were still slightly full from our pizza earlier and starting to feel sleepy from the early start and lunch time beer! getting old *insert laughing emoji* I remember the days when a lunchtime beer was just the beginning, haha We headed back along the Promenade des Anglais and not too far along we stopped at the restaurant Les Jardins Du Capitole. Tempted by the set menu we sat down and were eager to get started! Mark started with the snails and I had the french onion soup.  Apparently the snails were really good! "I'll take your word for it babe!" The soup was delicious!! Totally scrummy with a very generous sized, cheese crust on the top. Stuffed after our starters, we still managed to demolish our main of  Sirloin steak and french fries. Finishing off with a very chocolaty chocolate mousse each, we literally couldn't move!  Two

- post contains affiliate links, see my disclaimer/contact page for more info - ....................... A couple of weeks ago Mark had some business in Nice and naturally I tagged along! When I was a little girl we used to go to St Tropez in the South of France quite regularly. Sadly my only memories of these holiday's are what is jogged from looking at the family photo albums. As an adult, this is the first time I've visited Nice, on the Cote d'Azure. It was quite different to what I expected.  I thought I'd be bumping into supermodels, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous and everyone would be running around in DVF dresses! Alas, No! Nice was just like any other European City. Nevertheless - once Mark had finished 'work' we headed off for a stroll along the Promenade des Anglais. Enriched with historic buildings, which oozed french romance, we strolled along hand in hand taking in our surroundings.