The Ferris Wheel

So if you have seen photos of the main square of Nice during the Christmas season, you would have noticed that there is a giant Ferris wheel taking up some room. Today, we decided to FINALLY pay the 5 euros and take 'er for a spin, literally? Also, tomorrow is the last day that it will be running, so we kinda had to.

It was a beautiful day - you couldn't have asked for nicer weather on a January afternoon. Well, it could have been a little warmer, but I wasn't complaining. So we paid our 5 euros and waited in line. Unfortunately for us, there was a group of four Italian men that were right behind us. And when I say right behind us, I mean SURROUNDING us. I don't understand these Europeans. They do NOT know how to line up (or queue as the Brits would say). It's more like, let's all mush together and see how close we can get to each other without someone getting angry.

Well, it's always April and I that are the ones that get angry (but clearly we can't turn around and yell at these crazy folks because they would pretend they don't understand and just push up closer). Instead we speak in very loud English: "Oh my gosh.... it is SO ANNOYING when people have to stand SO CLOSE TO YOU!" over and over again. And sometimes we'll switch it up like "I am going to absolutely FREAK OUT if these people don't BACK UP!!". They just don't catch on.

Oh well!! The Ferris wheel ride was fun - even if the creepy Italian men were trying to talk to us when we were actually moving. They wanted their photo taken. No thanks, I think I'll pass. I've already got my fair share of creepy European men in the background of a lot of my photos.

The photos that I've added to this post are: (1) the token for getting on the Ferris wheel - it reads: "Ticket valable pour 1 personne" - who knew that they would call the token a ticket? Psh! (2) April on the Ferris wheel with the Mediterranean Sea as the backdrop, and (3) ME! on the Ferris wheel with Nice Centre as the background, oh and the mountains (well, part of A mountain) in the background.

This was just what I needed. Love you all and miss you very much!