travel with me to nice, france | ultimate gal’s trip to the french riviera pt. 1

Auto-captioned from the film, lightly cleaned. Elena's words, not edited prose.

I can't believe it I can't believe it okay real quick before I head out to the airport guys the time has come I'm finally going on an international trip I'm obviously I've been vaccinated for a while it's in the green right now for Americans to travel to Europe it's been that way for a minute and my best friend Ashley and I have boughten some last minute tickets and I am so excited oh my gosh we both are in similar places in life when to get out of New York she does have a full-time job but she's about to start a new job so in between she has some time off and we're going to the French Riviera we're going to nice and then onti for about 8 days we're going to start off in nice and then we're going to have the last few days being on T I am so excited of course I'm going to bring you guys along show you the journey I have been waiting to travel my last international trip was like winter 2019 so it's been a minute I am over the moon I'll tell you more once I'm there and bring you guys along I need to finish packing let's go it's very toasty hello hello hoping to find a beautiful little beach we're taking a nice long walk which feels good after being airport or airplane all night see where it takes us yeah stay tuned just right over here is p Denise I believe and we're taking this nice long trail over to V FR it kind of like wraps around and actually right there is a famous restaurant so I Happ beened to nie once before when I was 16 and I'm pretty sure I beached right there this is unreal if anyone on the yach feel free to invite me I'm a good time I promise it I can't I can't believe is this real life I don't know simulation Vibes only it's a longer walk than expected look at this view are you kidding me okay for pop off we're trying to find a little Sandy Beach sweethart we we walked 8 Miles I'm so tired we did how hard can it be and I'll be a man again you're top 10 and you'll ride me up good morning from day two here in me in France and this morning we've woken up and we're going to head towards s if I'm saying that right which is kind of like a little Peninsula not far from me yesterday we walked all the way to V franch and then if you go a little bit further it brings you to this peninsula apparently the first ever Fort was built there in the 1500s it's since kind of become like an artist enclave and today we're heading to Paloma Beach which is named after Paloma Picasso the daughter Picasso apparently a lot of different artists used to hang out in this area like matis Etc it's going to be gorgeous I'm excited now we're going to head out get some food get some groceries head toward WS there and kind of spend most of our day there and then actually go to Monaco tonight which I'm so excited about me oh good morning two brain cells are all I have CHL is hitting hard we're at the spot called the Healer that Ashley found cuz she is the vegan of our Duo comes to France buy an assai Bowl oh my God pick me out where's my C I'm mad at myself but also I need this the TW the sun let's rub a b with hello we just got dropped off when we went and got our little coffee we had such a cute sweet French waiter who gave us some like local recommendations some like secret beaches that you're not going to find online so we'll probably check those out and then like our Uber driver was so kind and like pulled over for us to be able to take a few photos so everyone has just been so kind and lovely so far which I am very grateful for and now look at where we are a I literally have chills I have chills I'm so so happy we made it jet lag BG yeah I just really fell asleep it was probably Dr L for a minute there but jumped in the water cured cured all my woes feeling better we're at col Beach yes it's so I feel like I'm in a Dream well to think about all the the great who would come and visit here and now we get to be here show them okay I will show me show me what let's go s okay good morning new day new me this is how I feel right now today we are kind of going to be exploring the medieval village of e and then go to cap D to the beach like La PL Mala or Mala Beach Beach and kind of check out that area excited about the history the beach looks stunning Paloma beach yesterday was Unreal so that'll be hard to top but be so lovely to get back in the ocean like top of the morning I really need coffee you want add and add a little bit of Al thank you so much thank you y'all this was Eid don't tell my mom I haven't had a qule yet she'd be very disappointed in me as the Frank profile she is I mean she Lally raised me my first four years of my life in France so looking forward to the days I get to see you a long way we made it to the beautiful town of e up in the hills here there was a bus from n to year that would have been easy but it only run every hour at least for when we were taking it now so we took an Uber but it wasn't too expensive which was nice if you do come here and you are taking the bus make sure you take the E Village stop if you want to get right up into the village there's also I think just the e stop which takes you to the beach and they have to walk all the way up to the Village it's like this medieval town it's known for its perfumery they sell locally made perfumes and has really rich history It's been a a town that's been habited since like 12 BC which is crazy so it's known for its like medieval history there's a gorgeous Church up on the hill we're going to explore has incredible views it really just gives you that like very cute and quaint like small European Town energy the cobblestone streets the like little tight Alleyways a little American heart is singing with happiness because it's so exciting for me okay let's go look at this hot bag lady have you ever seen a hotter B lady before we love that b lady energy I hope we're going the right way I feel like we are don't wear all white when you travel cuz you might sit in a dirt batch and on a red petal so that there's a big brown and red splotch on your ass love that for me poth it already and I'm sorry uh this View you Tate in his hand this view behind me we're headed right now to I'm not pronouncing that right to Mala Beach Mala literally looks like I'm in a James Bond movie D it's so beautiful hello it's us we're an Oldtown nie back ladies got all our here head out to kind of just explore and do some casual will Walking about see what we stumble across and then head to the beach later we've had a lot of days kind of taking the buses to cool areas but today I'm excited to just kind of see old toown East and going to stay more local yeah so let's check it out we made it I'm cooking I'm Crispy the sun is so bright but this beach is great because it's sweet it's easy to get to if you're already staying in E snow buses we walked here from the Oldtown area by the port very very grateful I keep pinching myself and like I'm in awe that I'm actually in this the points right now are you kidding me b I want you baby just take it to the shop cuz y'all just so oh just so out here at the beaches of n we're not on the prominade which is that main area and it has very Rocky it's like a pebbley beach almost I guess this is more like proper rocks kind of like Cliff faces as you can see everyone's kind of spread throughout so if you come you might need some water shoes the only beach that we've gone to so far that's been sand is the one in B FR and then yesterday we paid a little bit of a money and got a little beach chair at you PL Mala which was really lovely so you kind of saw the France there's lots of different kind of like topography this one is just like such an Exquisite view these kind of jets out so you get like the Coastal View on both sides Sid which is gorgeous this is absolutely stunning the water is like crystal clear it is so refreshing the sun is very bright this time of year this is like very very early August and I'm sweating but uh it's dreamy there's lots of fun locals I feel like just kind of scattered throughout like fames beaching friends hanging out there's topless tanning just to be warned I'm not participating personally but it's a thing first time we're going out for dinner we put on a little fits ooh ooh going to go get some food on the water maybe a glass of wine if we're feeling spicy everybody admire her top for a moment here all it requires is a necklace and a scarf going to get a 360 for the people in the back o yes go off I'm wearing this little what do you what do you call this B course it of course it though doesn't tie up I guess just little tops I don't know what to call SLE number R your pants little belts we are going to go get food at a spot called Mavado um on the water I think it's kind of like a classic touristy spot but it looks good we're both craving the food that they have it's going to be lovely hopefully get a little view get a little glass of wine let's go a