Nice, France

Italian Festival, Nice, France

There is an Italian Festival in Nice this weekend (May 30-Jun1) and all sorts of products are on display for sale along the Quai des Etats-Unis overlooking the fabulous blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea!

After a delightful lunch at Voglia, we discovered that the same owners now have an adjoining restaurant, Di Piu with open views to the Mediterranean Sea!  This will definitely be our next stop for lunch when we visit Nice next time!

With gentle breezes blowing, we crossed over to the seaside to take hold of the Italian Fair.  We shopped for sweet Italian sausage, 4 year old Parmesan Cheese, black truffle, truffle oil and truffle salt! We strolled and strolled and sampled so much but one can only buy and eat so much!

Laden with bags full of goodies, we stopped at our favorite coffee store, Nespresso.  Yes, you could have a cup of coffee, but it is a shop to buy your coffee capsules or maybe the latest Nespresso coffee machine.  While gorgeous Penelope Cruz markets a Nespresso coffee machine in the US, here in Europe George Clooney has been making the commercials for many years!  We purchased more than a month's worth of coffee capsules and left the shop now fully loaded down with more shopping bags than we had hands!

When we arrived home, we opened all the shopping bags to our own oohs and aahs - and the scent of truffle filled our kitchen!  Of course dinner was cancelled and instead we enjoyed a bottle of wine, some cheeses, a little sausage and delightful salad dressed with white truffle oil and sweet aged balsamic vinegar - with tiny tomatoes from our garden!  Delightful!
Here's a short video snapshot of the day!