Nice: Part 6 - Day 6: Saint Jeannet, Pic de Courmettes

Day 6

Here is a summary of what is spent on Day 6

30/9 Day 6: Drive to Saint Jeanette --> Domaine des Courmettes --> Hike Pic de Courmettes

Must-Incur Costs
None

Optional Costs

Food

(1) Lunch at Bar Tabac, Saint Jeannet - Orange juice EUR2,80; Pan Bagnat EUR6

The Story

30092022: Today, we will drive to our neighbour's wedding place in Domaine des Courmettes. Breakfast first like a Swede - bread with toppings of bell pepper and tomato slices and a banana plus brewed coffee. 

As we were still way ahead of time, we stopped by at another village - Saint Jeannet. I like to check the price of vegetables in small villages. 

Only one car can go through this lane. Also, this is not a one-way lane. I am not sure how the drivers do it but they are very skillful in maneuvring the cars in these narrow lanes.

Eggs are very expensive in this village. EUR3 (SEK33) for 6 eggs. That is SEK5,50 per egg. Ohmaigawd. I just bought eggs for SEK2,77 each and I thought they were already expensive. 

At Chez Liza, we tried the must-have pan bagnat. It is a giant bun stuffed with salad Nicoise (tuna fish, tomatoes, anchovies, leafy greens, hard boiled egg and olives). I was so stuffed by it. We saw that Chez Liza won yearly awards for the best pan bagnat. 

Then, we slowly made our way to Domaine des Courmettes which is another winding drive up the mountains. We were so nervous that we will drive off the cliff or when we meet an incoming car and have to inch the car close to the edge. We were so relieved when we finally arrive at the location. This building used to be a tuberculosis hospital. We shared a huge room with other wedding guests. 

We were recommended to hike Pic de Courmettes. It is about 2km to the peak and it took us 2 hours. It is an easy trail. I mean, I walked in my jeans! There were no signs stating it is the peak so we kept hiking until we thought we could not see anything higher. We saw a small square (2m x 2m) piled up with rocks and we suspect that this might be the peak. Remember to bring water, by the way. We did not bring any and we were very thirsty during the hike. 

We reached back at the wedding location in time to get ourselves ready for dinner, and this ends our trip in Nice. I will not be posting anything about the wedding which took place the next day. We stayed 2 nights in the former tuberculousis hospital and drove back to Nice airport where we left the car. The flight back to Sweden was at 1320 and we saw a number of the wedding guests at the airport too. 

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Here are the list of places I went. You can click on the link and be directed to the posts immediately. 

Day 1 - Arrive Nice and explore town

Day 2 - Followed Free Nice Walking Tour and took a dip in Mediterranean Sea

Day 3 - Cours Saleya market

Day 4 - Drive to Vence and Tourrettes sur-loup

Day 5 - Bus to Saint Paul de Vence and drive to Gourdon.

Day 6 - Drive to Saint Jeannet, hike Pic de Courmettes (this post)

Day 7 - Wedding - no post

Day 8 - Drive back to Nice Airport and flight back to Stockholm - no post

I have mentioned some of my expenses in each post and I did have other expenses which are not illustrated in the respective posts. For total and different category of expenses, I will sum it here.  

1) Transport - Flight SEK5555 per person, EUR3 for bus tickets
2) Accommodation (Airbnb) - SEK1871 per person

3) Food - SEK3.626 (my expenses)

4) Car rental - SEK3.400 per person for 4 days

Total Cost for the trip SEK14.482 for 8 days, 7 nights. So much. Ugh. But I did enjoy my trip!