Culture Camp: Day One

First day of culture camp and the four of us who are living together managed to get to the school despite some minor disorientation. We even had a few minutes to spare! At the 'camp' (it's really more of a school) we all undertook a language assessment test (my results came back negative - phew!) then we had some free time around Nice. First stop was the beach to soak in some French
atmosphere and get to know one another. Then we split into a couple of groups and just bummed around the shops. Afterwards EF shouted us lunch at a trendy-looking (and rather inexpensive) café. By this stage I was so hungry I ate a horse burger. The dessert was fantastic, mine was a sort of melted chocolate on top of an incredibly rich pastry base. Then we had a tour of Nice.
We walked all through Old Nice (which is where all the trendy pubs and bars are and where we would eventually hang out every night) and saw the flower market, where they had some very impressive flower arrangements (starting from €10!). Then we climbed a hill to get a better view of Nice, which is not an easy task to accomplish in full sun wearing a 4m scarf! (But the view was more than worth it, some of my photos look like they came from postcards!) There was a small waterfall and the ruins of an ancient church at the top of the hill (the church dated back to the 11th century and it blew my mind). There was also a cemetary at the top of the hill and we all went in for a look (one of the girls was looking for the grave of a famous artist who apparently designed his own tombstone). Some of the graves were very big and expensive-looking but unfortunately we had to leave tout de suite because it was nearly closing time (and there was no way I was getting locked in a cemetary overnight). After we watched the sun set we all went our separate ways back to our Nice families for an early night, the next day we were going to Monaco!