Nice by night!

After a bit of a lazy day at home, we decided to get off our bums and do something. So cinema and dinner it was, then. We decided to go and see Birdman at our favourite VO cinema (VO as in Version Original - a place showing non-dubbed movies, a rarity in France, unfortunately) in Nice, the Rialto.

Great film, and nice to see Michael Keaton back making proper movies after quite a few very quiet years on that front. One of the best movies I've seen for ages.

We also checked out the fake Brighton pavilion like structure they've put up on the Coule Verte - looks nicer by night than by day!

For dinner, we decided to go for Bistrot Gourmand, a place that I believe got their first Michelin star 2 years ago, but seems to have lost it since. Which at least shows in the prices, in a positive way. Not many fine dining restaurants where you can have a gastronomic 3 coarse meal for 35 Euros for dinner, I don't think? (the lunch menu is even better value for money). It was all pretty excellent, although I think the place is maybe just missing that bit of extra effort (both as far as the food and the service is concerned) to justify a Michelin star (maybe all for the better since the lack of star can be seen in the bill, I reckon...).

Our appetites sated, we decided to enjoy the Nice Carnival by night a bit before heading back home on the velo bleu. A very nice night out in Nice, all in all, then!