Friday, July 22, 2011

Running In Nice with Ella

Ella has been very interested in joining me on my morning runs.  Quinncy has not.

After a long day of driving from Girona to Nice we decided to run together in the morning.  Our first night in Nice we stayed in the Hotel Suisse.  Cristin and I saw this hotel when we vacationed in Nice in 2006.  It overlooks the main strip and the beach.  Here is a photo from our hotel room:



I got up at 6:15 and went for an hour run up and down the strip in Nice.  It was a pretty flat run, so I decided to run up to the Chateau overlooking Nice.  I thought it was a 9 metre ascent; however, it was about 20 minutes of stair running.  Here is a video just prior to starting up the stairs:


I also shot a quick video of the Chateau at the top of the hill:



When I came back down Ella was ready to go for a run, here she is, bright and full of energy.


Ella was an excellent runner and we even stopped on a bluff overlooking the Mediterranean and did some sit-ups and push-ups.  As you can see, she is getting quite buff:



We had a great breakfast at the hotel and gorged ourselves on boiled eggs, yoghurt, fruit and toast.  The kids ate free, which was a grave miscalculation in Ella's case, as she ate more than I did.

We took possession of our apartment in Villefranche sur mer at 4:00, so we decided to drive to the location, find parking and spend the day on the beach.

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