Saint Jean

Every week, we visit Saint Jean to enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the beach.  The beach is  one of my favorite afternoon activities during the week. When we first visited the beach in Saint Jean's during our first week in Nice, we walked a rather scenic route from the train station to the beach.  It took us close to 45 minutes to get to the beach! Although the walk was beautiful, we all agreed that our sore feet outweighed the pretty scenery.  In order to avoid walking so much again, we decided to take the bus for our second visit.  While I enjoyed not having to walk so far, I realized that 30 students crammed into a bus on a hot day in Nice does not make for a comfortable ride. Of course, once we finally arrived at the beach, it was clearly worth it.  In the summer, Nice gets to be very hot, so nothing really beats spending an afternoon at the beach.

Depending on the weather, kayaks are available for all the Abbey Road students to use.  On my first visit to the beach, I used a kayak.  However, It was especially windy yesterday at the beach so the kayaks were not an option.  Instead, I took the day to relax, tan and cool off in the water!

View of the beach from the hotel

 A small hotel located just a couple minutes walk from the beach allowed us to use its kitchen to prepare dinner.  Yesterday, I learned how to make a french rice dish with vegetables in a creamy sauce.  Other students prepared our salad.  It was all delicious! To finish the night, we celebrated one of the student's 16th birthday.  After lots of music and delicious food, our chef surprised us with a chocolate birthday cake!