Visiting Cimiez

We've decided to move out of Nice, since Mathilde has been assigned a teaching position in Sophia Antipolis (which is kind of like the silicon valley of France, with over 40,000 people working in high-tech companies) - Sophia is a bit too far from Nice to commute.



So we decided that we probably ought to do a bit of touristy stuff in Nice as well - since we actually haven't gotten around to doing that much over the past year. So we decided to visit the Matisse museum, which is located a bit outside the town centre in an area called Cimiez. Cimiez is a very famous part of Nice in its own right, as it's where the Romans built a city a long time ago (there is a still a relatively well-preserved Roman theatre there). It's a very nice area with old and very impressive villas and appartment buildings, dating back to the late 19th and early 20th century.



The Matisse museum (which had recently reopened after some major restoration works) was very interesting. Not only because of the impressive paintings on display, but also because there was also quite a lot of information about his life, especially on the Cote d'Azur (where he spent most of his life). And it didn't take too long to visit - which for me is quite important as my attention span when it comes to art museums is somewhat limited :-)