I started my day by wandering down the hill through the town, just looking at everything, and made my way to the Old Town section. It was really interesting, all these narrow streets with tall buildings on either side, twisting back and forth. The range of ice cream some shops had was incredible - toblerone, cookies, every imaginable kind of fruit, tiramisu... all sorts! Another cool shop was one selling biscuits. It was a bit like a pick & mix, but for delicate little biscuits. They had samples of one - sweet biscuit, the kind I associate with Christmas biscuits, and in the centre was soft, chocolate-flavoured stuff.

I had lunch at a crowded place my guide book recommended, where I tried the local speciality - socca. It's cooked on a wide flat pan, then the server takes a spatula-like tool in one hand and a plate in the other, and slips the spatula underneath in fast chopping movements, scooping it onto the plate until it looks like there's a reasonable amount.

I went back to the hostel, shifted my stuff to an actual bed, in a spare room under the bar that the staff called 'The Dungeon'. Then I changed and caught the tram down to the beach and went swimming. Oh! Swimming in the Med!

Do you know how awesome it felt to go swimming in the sea, without a wetsuit (which is an achievement on its own), without getting cold?? It was amazing. So much fun.

I had another lovely dinner with the same group as the night before, but I went to bed reasonably early, to get caught up on some sleep. Another great day, but I'm not sure a day in Nice could be anything but great.

Oh, and this is socca: