I checked something off my bucket list for sure, and that was skiing in the Alps in the area closest to Nice, which is 53 miles away! I chose Auron resort, situated in the village of Auron, perched above the town of St-Étienne-de-Tinée. There is also Isola 2000 and Valberg which are equidistant from Nice, […]
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Green Lights and Yellow Jerseys
The renovation got fully underway in April of 2024! Once we had the green-light to get work started, it really took off. The crew assigned to our apartment was a husband and wife team who did all the work themselves, and they certainly had a big job cut out for them. They worked through the […]
Renovation- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Part 2
If you are just reading the blog of the first time, you may want to read the prior blog post “Part 1” to get caught up. Where did we leave off? Oh yes, the renovation was about to take a turn for the worse. Unbeknownst to any of us, there was some water damage to […]
Renovation- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (part 1)
How does one go about renovating a project overseas, over 8-9 hrs of time zone differences and in a country that speaks a different language than your own? You have to have the right people helping out and thank goodness we have had the right people! People will often say to us “I couldn’t manage […]
Oh My! Monte Carlo!
If you had to pick one iconic, storied town of the French Riviera, it would be Monte Carlo. From the likes of James Bond or Grace Kelly to the historic Formula-1 Grand Prix, there are many images one can conjure up of this playground to the rich and famous. I knew this had to be […]
Italy is just a train ride away!
One of the reasons we think Nice is so great is its proximity to fantastic towns along the Mediterranean. Within 40 minutes in just one direction, we visited Monte Carlo/Monaco, Menton France and Ventimiglia Italy. Ventimiglia is the final destination of the French train line, and on our first trip to Nice we decided to […]
First Visit to Nice (Jan2023)
Now that we had bought a home in Nice, it was time to visit Nice! See my previous post to understand that bit of lunacy, but after the holidays had passed we were able to carve out a quick week to go check out the home in January of 2023. Adrian and Ella had assured […]
Why Nice? Buying a home, sight unseen?
Why buy a home in France? Why Nice specifically? Would you believe we put an offer on a home, which was accepted, and we had never set foot in the city of Nice??? I often think back to this time and wonder if we were absolutely nuts! What I think drove our decision was a […]
We are passionate about the Côte d’Azur
So many friends have been to Paris, which is an amazing location and one of our favorite cities. But here we will give you tips for exploring Nice and the environs of the French Riviera. Have you ever considered spending time there if you are familiar, or even making an international move? We are here […]