My dear nieces (including my god-daughter Julia) had come all the way from Finland on a visit – so we decided to head down to Nice to meet up with the young ladies as well as my parents. So after a light lunch at the flat, we jumped on our train, and zipped down to Nice.
Elbowing our way thorough the crowd, we found my fellow Turtiainens near the McDonalds on the Promenade, watching the Carnival action from a safe distance. Things were slightly less riotous than last night, but the atmosphere was still great – the crowd really was going mad (a bit to my nieces’ discomfort, who seemed to be slightly annoyed trying to get all that spray out of their hair). And we were once more treated to my favourite Carnival monster - the fearsome dragon (although admittedly it was slightly less scary in the daylight ;-).
Having spent a fairly significant amount of energy ducking wild teenagers trying to spray us down, we figured we’d earned ourselves an afternoon snack. So we headed down to the old town, and sat down at a crepeerie at Cours Saleya for some crepes and coffee. The food was not the best - but at least we got to enjoy the sunshine. After this nourishment, it was time for us to head off, since the carnival action had also finished for the day (we didn’t envy the poor lot who had to clean up after the carnage...).
My dear nieces (including my god-daughter Julia) had come all the way from Finland on a visit – so we decided to head down to Nice to meet up with the young ladies as well as my parents. So after a light lunch at the flat, we jumped on our train, and zipped down to Nice.
Elbowing our way thorough the crowd, we found my fellow Turtiainens near the McDonalds on the Promenade, watching the Carnival action from a safe distance. Things were slightly less riotous than last night, but the atmosphere was still great – the crowd really was going mad (a bit to my nieces’ discomfort, who seemed to be slightly annoyed trying to get all that spray out of their hair). And we were once more treated to my favourite Carnival monster - the fearsome dragon (although admittedly it was slightly less scary in the daylight ;-). 
Having spent a fairly significant amount of energy ducking wild teenagers trying to spray us down, we figured we’d earned ourselves an afternoon snack. So we headed down to the old town, and sat down at a crepeerie at Cours Saleya for some crepes and coffee. The food was not the best - but at least we got to enjoy the sunshine. After this nourishment, it was time for us to head off, since the carnival action had also finished for the day (we didn’t envy the poor lot who had to clean up after the carnage...).
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