I got up and started getting things ready to pack. Did a small load of clothes and hung them on the terrace to dry. Wrote my blog about the day before.

Started to cook some eggs that the guys had left. I was going to soft boil them so put on a pan of water. I kept checking it and it seemed to take forever. I put a lid on it to speed it up. Still no boil. Finally I realized the light was out and the stove wasn’t working. I emailed and texted the guys but it was middle of the night for them. So I ate some yogurt.

I decided to go to the Promenade for lunch and sit in the sun. It was another great day. I went to Queenie, the same cafe we had gone to on my first day for wine.

I ordered the Salade Queenie which had duck gizzards, smoked breast, and foie gras. It was served with actual toast, not baguettes! It was really good but had just a few too many green peppers for my taste.

Salade Queenie

I know most of you won’t think it looks or sounds good, but I really enjoyed it. The gizzards were very tender, the duck breast was silky smooth and not over-smoked, and the fois gras, was wonderful!

I wanted to go back to a store I had seen the day before to get a tablecloth after Courtney had measured ours for me. So I walked all along the Promenade then cut up to Old Town. I finally found the one restaurant I had been looking for and was hoping to get a reservation for that night, but it was closed! Supposed to have been open from 12:00 – 2:30! Oh, well.

I found the store and bought a tablecloth with some flowers and bees! Frankie had told me that there was a region of France that is represented by bees. I thought that would be very fitting for my table.

Went back to the apartment and packed most of my stuff, then sat in the sun for the last time on the terrace. I am going to miss the warm weather and view from that terrace!

I did some research for a place to eat dinner and found some great reviews for one that was very close, L’Antica. I got there fairly early but wanted to make sure I could get a table and also to be home early since I was leaving in the morning.

There were a few people outside but no one inside. I was seated close to an open wood burning cooking fireplace. The waiter gave me a menu then pointed to one on a small piece of slate and indicated that those items were cooked on the wood fire. Well that decided it for me!

When he came back he told me about several of the meats and said the pork dish was very good, so I went with that.

Another table of 3 was seated, and a couple of women came in and ordered a bottle of wine and sat outside. Many people prefer outside because they can smoke.

There was a waiter, a bar tender (who also delivered drinks outside), and two chefs in the kitchen. The waiter came out with a tray with my pork on it, asked me how I wanted it, and proceeded to cook it on the fireplace.

I can’t imagine how he would be able to handle that along with everything else when it got busy. And, they had 2 tables set up for 6, and a couple of 4-tops ready. People started arriving for those tables before I left.

He brought my meal to me. There was the pork and an herb salad with hazelnuts on a wooden plate, a big bowl of frites, and a basket of baguettes. The pork, salad and frites were all great. I didn’t touch the baguettes. It was all very simple but very good and the perfect ending meal for my time in Nice.

Dinner at L’Antica

Oh, and I actually ordered dessert. He brought over a plate with about six items on it and I had the caramel one. It was almost like cheesecake in a nut tart shell. Also, very good.

Scrumptious Caramel Dessert

I returned to the apartment and read for a while then went to bed. The beautiful full moon was rising over the city.

Moon over Nice