Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Today was a wandering day. We decided to hit the Musee Matisse first, easier said than done. We used Kelley's itouch in hopes of navigating our way with the map program. However, the map kept telling us to turn down private drives that had gates. So after taking side roads and backtracking at least three times we finally decided to ask for directions. We wandered into a pharmacy where I asked for directions and the guy complimented my French and kind of gave me directions in Franglais so that Kelley could somewhat understand them. We finally found it, and the map had us going in a crazy wrong direction. They had some exhibits on loan from other museums and had some works of Rodin too. Kelley enjoyed it more than me but it was still an experience. Then, we grabbed some lunch at a cafe. We both ordered pizza, Kelley pepperoni and myself three cheese, which was actually quite interesting. Rather than the pizza having three cheeses sprinkled all over it, the three cheeses were divided into various sections of the pizza and it was delicious. We didn't order anything to drink because the cokes were 3 euros for a small bottle. Instead, we stopped at a "convenient" store and bought a 1.5 Liter of coke for 2.3 euros, talk about a better deal, and while yes we are sipping on them warm now it is not bad at all. We then decided to wander around Nice for a while. We took somewhat directions from my dad of where to shop and find gelato and it was a great start to our wandering. We window shopped some and then made it to a square like area. There was a jazz band playing, since the jazz festival is going on right now and we listened to them for a bit and they were pretty good. We then witnessed a bocce ball tournament. I kid you not a bocce ball tournament and it was international!!!! There were teams from Scotland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, and many other countries. I kid you not. Then we wandered around an area and got gelato!!!! I got strawberry and mango and Kelley enjoyed mango and lemon. It was delicious. We then tried to find some souvenirs. Kelley found something for her mom (but I'm not allowed to say what, it is a surprise). We then explored the beach some and then ventured into a back alley area to explore some of the shops and restaurants. It was really fun seeing all the various shops and exploring the alleys. We then enjoyed some more gelato (it is that good and that refreshing), this time lemoncello. And back to the beach we went where we sat for quite some time just enjoying the view of the beach and city. We sat on some benches overlooking rather than on the beach because for one it is rocky, and the other because it was crowded as crap. But we did make an interesting observation. Most women wore their tops while the occasional few embraced the topless European tradition which was somewhat awkward because 98% of the women still had their tops on. After lounging for a while, we decided to climb the stairs to Le Chateau. Easier said than done. We hiked over 400 stairs just to make it to the top but the trek was well worth it because the view of the city and water was amazing. We also were able to see the chateau waterfall up close. We then headed back down and looked for a place to eat dinner. We actually ate at a cafe right across from the one where we ate last night. I enjoyed lasagna this time while Kelley ordered penne alla arrabiata (which of course meant we had to watch Eddie Izzard's Death Star Cafe). I loved my lasagna and it was different from Kelley's from the night before because mine was meatier and had more sauces as opposed to her cheesy one. But she also loved her pasta and enjoyed a small decanter of wine. We're now back in our hostel prepping for a trip to Monaco tomorrow. It should be quite fun.