Nice Arrival

So on April 9th, Iberia flew us from Madrid to Nice for a month's stay there in an apartment on Rue du Lycee, 2 blocks from old Nice, 5 from the beach. 

On approach, over Antibes and Cannes

From the airport, we took the bus into town--for about $25 each, persons
of 65 years or older can get a month-long system-wide Ligne d'Azure
pass--our apartment would not be ready until 4PM, so we elected to pass
the time in a nearby restaurant; a contested city, Nice was mostly in 
Italian hands until the 1860 plebiscite...the Italian vestiges are still pretty
strong...and delicieux

Our apartment building at 11 Rue du Lycee...one of the plainest we've
been in, but in a beautiful and obviously upscale part of the city...
location, location, location...two blocks from the old city, four bocks
from the city central square, 5 blocks from the beach...

Apartment tour...Spartan, but that's preferable to the cluttered,
lived-in look; amply equipped and stocked

Dining/work

Kitchen

Entry; the R2D2 figure is actually the portable air conditioner...
which we certainly won't need

Bath

Bedroom #1

Bedroom #2

The beach and Promenade de Anglais, looking west

And east

Street scenes in the immediate neighborhood

Pen store at the end of Rue du Lycee

Post office...our Super U (grocery) is just beyond on the left

Nice public library building just up the boulevard; the
most stunning nearby architecture is the 1929 Lycee, but
it will require its own post

Looking into Place Massena, the city's central square, at night-fall

Flatiron building

Street scene just around the corner