Yesterday after our regularly scheduled class, my french conversation elective group went to Nice to take a tour of a local candy factory. When we walked inside the petite building we were welcomed by the heavenly aroma of chocolate and crystalized sugar. Much to my surprise, many of the flavors of candy in the factory were those of flowers! From rose jelly to sugar coated flower petals the influence of the regions beautiful flowers was found everywhere. One would expect for these treats to be a perfume-like flavor, but they are very sweet and quite delicious!

Right across the street from the factory was an antique flea market. As a huge fan of antiques, I absolutely adored browsing through the aged treasures and asking the store owners the age and origin of each trinket. I ended up purchasing two world war two barrettes for only 30 euros, back home they could have easily gone for 200 dollars! What a steal!

After a wonderful dinner of tomatoes garnished with mozzarella, potato puree and grilled chicken my roommate and I met up with the rest of the abbey road group to watch fireworks over the ocean, what a breathtaking sight!