On Thursday, Regis name over to hang out with us. He is Sarah's cousin, the son of Sylvia and Michel. He gave us a great demonstration on the accordian and let both of us try (and fail) ourselves. The three of us went for a 6km jog together in Nice Nord, further up the hill, closer to where he lives. We ran on a dirt path along an old canal. It was 1.5 km each way, so we ran back and forth twice. I was so proud of Sarah who kept up with us most of the way.
In the afternoon we did a lot of walking, going through the city's old port, (which is still actively in use and full of small fishing boats and expensive yachts side by side).
We ended our hike by going up the hill overlooking Nice to where an old castle had been. When the French conquered the area many years ago, the King had the castle destroyed so as to destroy any symbol of the previous owner's power. Later that night we heard live Nicoise music in a tiny little place downtown. The music was fantastic (2 accordians, 1 violin and percussionist), and Sarah loved learning the traditional dances from Nice. I didn't do quite as well, but still had a blast! We talked to the violinist for a bit after the show and were impressed to learn that this free wheeling, very exciting musician playing traditional Nicoise music was actually German and worked as a physicist for the government.
On Thursday, Regis name over to hang out with us. He is Sarah's cousin, the son of Sylvia and Michel. He gave us a great demonstration on the accordian and let both of us try (and fail) ourselves. The three of us went for a 6km jog together in Nice Nord, further up the hill, closer to where he lives. We ran on a dirt path along an old canal. It was 1.5 km each way, so we ran back and forth twice. I was so proud of Sarah who kept up with us most of the way.
In the afternoon we did a lot of walking, going through the city's old port, (which is still actively in use and full of small fishing boats and expensive yachts side by side).
We ended our hike by going up the hill overlooking Nice to where an old castle had been. When the French conquered the area many years ago, the King had the castle destroyed so as to destroy any symbol of the previous owner's power. Later that night we heard live Nicoise music in a tiny little place downtown. The music was fantastic (2 accordians, 1 violin and percussionist), and Sarah loved learning the traditional dances from Nice. I didn't do quite as well, but still had a blast! We talked to the violinist for a bit after the show and were impressed to learn that this free wheeling, very exciting musician playing traditional Nicoise music was actually German and worked as a physicist for the government. 
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