Wondering how to turn your visit to the City of Lights into a day at the beach? Nice and the sunny shores of the French Riviera aren't as far as you think, thanks to the glorious European rail system.
Plane, train or automobile? That was the...
150 years ago, Nice chose France. Well, at least that's what all the posters say--but really, the territory that has switched hands between Italy and France countless times in its history was ceded to France as a territorial reward for French...
Another epic windstorm hit Nice last week--one of those days where you walk outside and literally feel like you might be blown away. I saw a flower pot blow off a fourth-story window in Old Nice and shatter just inches from people walking below. The...
1 measly Euro.
That's how much it will cost you to get anywhere on a bus or tram in Nice: no matter if you're winding alongside the sea to Monaco or if you're just heading to the other side of town. 1 Euro for a ticket that's valid for 78...
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Christine Amorose Merrill
C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.