It has been a long time since the last post! Kelly has been hard at work managing our Instagram account (@addsomeglamour- check it out if you haven’t already!), and giving me a little bit of side eye about our posts here, or lack thereof, over the past three weeks. We spent a couple of weeks at home, and 5 days in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and all of a sudden an opportunity opened up to take a really grand trip that the both of us have been craving for years. We tried to make this trip happen last year, but Covid closed France down hard. But as of this morning France has a better than 78% vaccination rate among their population, and restrictions for coming from abroad that make it an ideal place to visit and at the same time feel comfortable. We booked the flights using points from our Chase Sapphire Reserve cards, made all the necessary arrangements to transit through Heathrow, applied for our EU health passes, and got ready to go to the South of France, starting in Nice!
We flew Seattle to Heathrow on an American flight that was mostly empty. We had ourselves booked in premium economy, and they were great seats- almost as good as domestic first class- but we each took a four seat row in economy to ourselves for four hours of sleep. It was a great flight, despite the provided headphones not working at our seats (10 hours and no movie?!). We had a couple of hours at Heathrow, which we spent at the Oneworld lounge before our flight to Nice. There was a hiccup at the gate, wherein the gate agents couldn’t seem to find our proof of vaccination within their own system (despite our having entered it all before we departed). We waited, and waited, as everyone else continued to board, and three agents worked on our dilemma with others on the phone! We had just read that the EU was recommending US travellers be barred from entering, We wondered if we’d be turned around! We’d done everything just as we were supposed to! Just as we started to REALLY get nervous all the problems went magically away and we got on board. Whew! Remember when all you needed for travel was your ticket, your passport, and perhaps a visa? It’s a bit more difficult with the covid restrictions, but still manageable, despite the additional layer of worry with respect to health passes and another layer of bureaucracy. We took a covid test upon arrival, just in case our health passes didn’t come through, and booked an Uber to our place in Old Nice. We could have gotten on the metro, but were tired and had all the bags to manage. The metro in Nice is easy to understand and really useful.
We were met at our place by the owner, Veronique, who showed us around the three bedroom place with kitchen. It is definitely bigger than we require, but the price was right and the location couldn’t be beat. After setting everything down, we headed downstairs and into the street, vibrant with diners and carousers, and joined the flow of people in this beautiful city on the Mediterranean.
After an excellent meal of mussels paired with one of the many rose wines the region is renowned for, and some of the best people watching I’ve ever experienced, we headed back to our place to try and alleviate some of the jet lag. We have three weeks in one of the most beautiful regions on earth, and we don’t want to be overly tired for any of it!
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