A Day of Rain and Dinner at La P'tite Cocotte, Nice, France

A day of rain had been forecast before I left home but you have to hope when you鈥檙e only somewhere for 4 nights 鈥� somewhere that鈥檚 supposed to be sunny in September 鈥� that the weather people have got it wrong. Sadly not. It was only a light rain when I emerged from the hotel this morning to seek breakfast but it had clearly been raining heavily in the night. I made my way down to Pain e Cie (which was a Pain Quotidien when I was here in 2006 and is much the same) where I ordered a Nicoise breakfast of freshly squeezed orange juice, croissant and coffee for 鈧�7.50. It was good and I liked sitting by the window looking over the Saleya market. It feels like being in the heart of Nice.聽

Outside the rain was getting heavier again so I made my way back to the hotel for a while. For lunch I ventured westwards rather than in the Old Town direction as I鈥檇 read about La Femme Du Fromager and thought it would be a good place for lunch. Weirdly it also turned out聽to be a lot like a Pain Quotidien but I don鈥檛 think there鈥檚 a connection. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: A Day of Rain and Dinner at La P'tite Cocotte
Guide Location: France » Nice
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Kay Gale
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:

Pain e Cie
Saleya market
La Femme Du Boulanger (he made a mistake, he wrote La Femme Du Fromager)
Musee des Beaux Arts
Musee Matisse
Place Charles Felix
Bar de la Degustation
Place du Palais
tempting shops
La P鈥檛ite Cocotte
Quai des Etats-Unis
Quai Rauba Capeu

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