It’s been a while since we’ve gone hiking, so since the weather was magnificent as nearly always in my hiking blog entries, we decided today was the day to get back into the swing of things.We selected an easy walk near Nice this time, near the village of Chateauneuf-Villevieille (the name is a bit of a paradox – it means “New castle – old town”). The walk first took us to Vieux Chateauneuf (to continue on the theme of funny names - it means Old new castle ;-), an old ruined fortress which has been abandoned since the 19th century.
Having explored the ruins and enjoyed the panorama of snow-covered Alps visible in the distance, we set off for the highest point of the walk Mont Macaron (at 806 meters), passing by the Chapelle St-Joseph. From there we were treated to some nice views over Nice and the Med. All in all, a very nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon! And we still left us plenty of time for Mathilde to vote in the second round of the local elections (which I had been to lazy to register for...), as well as catch a movie (“Be kind – rewind” by Michel Gondry, I can warmly recommend it…).
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