They lied - hard work has killed people

I've figured out that it's this intoxicating mix of sea salt, sunshine and flowers that makes Nice so irresistible. I'm not sad here. I want to come home but I don't want to leave Nice. I went for a run on the Promenade and saluted like 80 other runners. I walked around Nice's ruins today and I smelt the most delicious fragrance ever, but I couldn't actually find the flower that was responsible...no matter, it's my muse now. Then I spent some time on the beach. I walked down in a sun dress and fell asleep in my bathing suit.

They lied - hard work has killed people.

French lilacs

The bigger the running studs the better!

Can I live here?

Got everything I want but you...and a beer

I got soaked three seconds letter

Nice is nice

Um holy moly....I love Nice
I flew into Nice last night and it was raining and gloomy, boo.
I woke up this morning and it was raining and gloomy, boo.
And then the sun came out, yea.
Nice is incredible. Water everywhere. I might be cheating on Rome, can't tell yet.
I went shopping to go buy a pair of shorts cuz I didn't bring any.
Couldn't find a pair, left the store.
It was raining and gloomy, boo.

Cote d'Azur is beautiful wouldn't you say

Hmmmm, now where did I leave my toys?

Still on zoom...oops, but not a bad picture

YEA I LOVE WATER

This place is called Garden Park...clever

Y U NO HAPPY STATUE?

Track time (say it like you would sing "Hammer Time"

beautiful track in a town smaller than Silver Springs...

Gingerbread house in a forest

Typically forest scene

So yesterday I found a track....ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I have a handful of days left in Nemours and I find a legit track, not only do I find a track, it's got barriers, and a team practicing...SERIOUSLY. Coulda used that a while ago.
I was so pissed I took off on a tempo run through the forest and look what I found...a house, a house in the middle of the forest, WHO LIVES IN A FOREST????
Also I don't think I've explained what the forests look like here. Obviously trees, but pine needles and dirt randomly give way to white sand...I don't know where it comes from but its there. Not only is the sand weird but the forest is full of giant giant giant boulders, the ones in the picture are small. The boulders make the forest feel kinda dinosaurish. I don't know why...
Needless to say it was a good run. I plan on doing some repeats before I leave to see how fit I am...I'll keep you posted and if I don't it's cuz I didn't get through the workout!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Geoff!
2 more days of teaching - can you believe it? On Wednesday I fly to Nice to hang out for a few days then teach on Tuesday then train to Paris and hang out there till I leave for home...oh my goodness, where has time gone? But I am so excited to see home and the people I call fam.

Easter flavoured flower pots in Nemours...show me your crafty side

I have another run planned tonight, hopefully take some more photos...maybe find the view again, highly doubt it. If I don't post tomorrow it's because I am again lost but this time can't get out of the forest...come find me.

McDonalds 1 Run 0

Oh my. How I have thoroughly enjoyed my weekend to myself. I woke up when I wanted, ate when I wanted, drank pots upon pots of coffee to myself, COMPOSTED in the garden outside my building, and ran when I wanted.
I went for another forest run today. I followed the arrows as I usually do to navigate the forest but someone has put up NEW arrows since YESTERDAY. Today I realized I was lost, or at least off track about 5 km in...fml. However I did come across the most amazing view of the forest canopy and Nemours in the distance...without my camera...when I was lost...never to find the view again...double fml.

Forest of Nemours

I love these bushes...there was a dude walking on the sidewalk so I had to snap the photo quickly

So I made a skype date with Geoff today, so I walked to McDonalds for dinner actually who am I kidding? I walked to McDonalds for wifi. Anyway I order a hamburger meal and the dude brings me my drink and my fries and I have to wait for my burger. No biggie, I'd rather have a fresh hamburger anyways. But I have to wait like 10 minutes for it. So this other chick gives me my hamburger and asks if I want fresh fries...sure...hot fries are good fries. So she chucks the old fries only to find out that there are no fries in the basket. She has to make some more. So now I have a hamburger and a drink but no fries...Then the fries are ready and she gives me fries and two hamburgers to apologize for the wait...ok no biggie I can eat two hamburgers. Then the dude comes by and gives me another order or fries to apologize again for the wait. Ok, so now I have two large fries, 2 hamburgers and one drink....Why did I go for a run today????