An Uphill Climb

After our oh-so-fancy trip to Monaco, we thought we’d head over to a more low-key town that, according to several of our friends, had killer views – the mountaintop town of Eze.

Eze is between Monaco and Nice, so we thought we’d just drop by on our way back. The bus stopped at the Eze train station, so it seemed pretty easy. What we didn’t realize was that while the train station was at the bottom of the hill/mountain, the town of Eze was ALL the way at the top.

Upon our arrival at the Eze train station, the bus schedule told us that we’d have to wait over an hour for a bus to come to take us up the hill/mountain. Our guidebook said we could walk up in 45 minutes. The train station sign said we could walk up in 1.5 hours. We figured, how bad could it be? Well, it was about an hour of climbing pretty much straight up. The two of us experienced varying levels of happiness with the situation. The bottom line is, the climb was TOTALLY worth it. Eze is an adorable town with cute little rabbit-warren streets and, yes, a killer view at the top, although weirdly, the highest point involves a cactus garden with cacti that mostly came from Central and South America. Not clear on that one, but we didn’t dwell on it because it was SO gorgeous.

Then we rewarded ourselves for making it up the hill/mountain with the most expensive drinks either of us had ever paid for, but it was totally worth it because it was champagne cocktails, nibbles and a view from the top of the world overlooking the stunningly azure water that leaves no doubt as to where the region got its name.

As you can see, TOTALLY worth it.