Memory Lane

One of the things we have been doing here in Nice is going back to find things we remember from twelve years ago.  It is a strange and wonderful trip down memory lane to remember going places, being with friends who visited us and discovering this wonderful area for the first time.  It is different doing it again now.  Still wonderful but in a different way.

The other day we took the bus west from Nice back to Villeneuve Loubet Marina where we used to live.  We wanted to see if our favorit restaurant was still there and still served our favorite meal - hamburger with 'au poivre' sauce.  Before dinner, we took a lovely walk along the sea across from our apartment.  I think we were on the 5th floor looking directly out over the marina to the Med.

Well, good news - the restaurant is still there and is still just the same and, it was just as good as we remembered - but we weren't able to drink nearly as much wine as we used to and we were much too full to check out if the chocolate mousse was still the same.  They used to serve 3 boules (scoops) of mousse - one dark chocolate, one milk chocolate and one white chocolate.  It was to die for!  Perhaps we will get there again in the next 10 days and will get a chance to check on it.

Part of the trip from the bus stop to the restaurant involves walking under the railroad tracks.  We remember driving our car through there - a very nerve wracking experience.  Much easier to walk through.

Then yesterday, we returned to our absolute favorite restaurant in Monaco - La Polpetta.  I had originally picked it out of the guide books back in 1998 and we loved it - probably dragged all of our visitors there at least once.  Larry's favority dish - penne arrabiata was just as good as ever.  My favorite dish - tortellini della nonna - wasn't quite as good as I remembered but still fine, but the mozzarella and tomato salad was fab.