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  Nice, Provence, France
Saturday, May 31, 2008

HAPPY ANNY!! Whoo hoo ten years is a long time and we feel very fortunate to be able to spend it here in the South of France of all places!
So we  had a fresh and early start to the day enjoying breakfast at the hotel. It was delightful and filling--I don't think we can ever get enough of croissants and coffee. The funniest thing was there were two pet turtles in the dinning room with us enoying the sun. One however did seem like a bully litterally shoving the other out of its way so it could have all the sun. Following we wove our way down the promenade to the MAMAC museum. This is Nice's contemporary museum and  has a collection that is out of this world. There was a new exhibition by Richard Long a earthworks artist who began in the early 50's. His work was litterally hands on and he made huge installations using different types of mud. We also got to see one of Ree's favorite artists Nikki de Saint Phalle! The work is kooky and colorful, but don't let that fool you she was one of the most intense and cutting edge artist of her time. MAMAC has one of the largest collections of her work in the world. Along with this work we saw works by many other Pop artists, Fluxus and art ranging from the 50's to the present. The roof top of the MAMAC is a terrace of sorts and we had seen videos of Anne and Ben running back and forth on this during thier visit but considering my grace and issues with plummenting from high places we decide to walk and take pictures of the outstanding view. We could see all of Nice!!
We went back to the beach to enjoy what was left of the sun and came across a Italian festival.

Nice, Messina Plaza

Authentic Italian wine, cheese, sausage and more(free samples). Ree had to buy a microbrewed beer from Toulon to enjoy later.  Following a nap (Scherrie) we ventured out to have a romantic meal off of on Rue de Anglais. We settled on Le Lodge, OMG it has to be some of the best food Ryan and I have EVER had. Ryan enjoyed Swordfish and Ree had Leg of Lamb!! You'd think that we would have to scrimp the rest of the time we were here but the menu was fixed and it only cost us 19 euros each, this included apps.
 After we went club/bar hopping! Ryan had reasearched a house club named Before and we had no problem finding it. We strolled in (no cover) and were impressed at the music the dj was playing. Gearing up for a great night of dancing we noticed that the bartender was cleaning up alot. It was only midnight they couldn't be closing already. Clubs in France open late and go well into dawn. Well it turns out that Before is called that for a reason it's only open BEFORE the clubs open. Not to thrilled about that we went out to find another club. Some of the ones we found were either too expensive(The Klub) or wouldn't let us in(PINK). Never been denied entry before at a club but there is a first for everything. We found two other bar/clubs that night--Maori(top 40) and Bodegavita(piano bar) which was right around the corner from us. Bodegavita was the bomb.  We have never witnessed a live band perform Prince's Kiss with a conga line forming on the second floor above us!
The night finally ended with Ryan and Ree stumbling around the corner to their hotel and heckling people from the balcony--no one heard we were too far up but it was fun anyway.

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