In 1990 when we first went to Nice, Jan was amazed to see a Lutheran church near the center of Nice. Every time we went to Nice we thought we'd go to church there but until this trip something always came up. We thought the service was at 10 a.m. but it was actually at 10:30, so when we walked in, only the pastor was there.

He welcomed us and introduced himself as Pasteur P. LOVY. He is Swiss, had retired and took on the congregation in Nice to keep busy. In addition to being a minister he is an artist. His creations include the mosaic on the altar and the metal work on the cross behind the altar.

The church has about 25 members, but some were old and some were ill, so there were only eight people there for the service including the pastor, organist and us. After the service we got to meet everyone and had a great time discussing their church and Jan's church in Ellison Bay.

After church we had planned to go to our favorite restaurant in Nice, the Bar du Donjon. It is at the top of the hill called the chateau, so takes a little bit of a climb to get there. It was windy but the restaurant is protected from on shore winds by the top of the hill, and the all tables are in the sun. When we got there we found it was now called La Table des Anges (the angel's table).It was very busy and there was only one waitress who was literally running to wait on tables. Jan had her first Salade Niçoise in Nice and I had a pizza "Reine" (a plate-size thin crust pizza with cheese and cooked ham).

After we ate I discovered that my camera had turned on inside the case and no longer worked properly. I was able to get it running again, but with great difficulty. By the end of the week it had stopped working.

Jan had noticed that the museums had free admission on the first Sunday of the month, so we planned to go to at least one museum. We had decided to go to the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. It's probably the largest art museum in Nice.

In my opinion the statues in the courtyard in front of the museum were the best part of the exhibit.

The other exhibits included one of scuptures done by the artist who created a series of tranlucent scuptures on poles for the Place Messéna. The scuptures in the museum ranged from some of the translucent statues, to similar statues made from metalic letters.

The other exhibits included many of the standard artists of the 20th century and more work by the people who did the outside artwork.

From the museum we went to the old city to see if we could get some things for our evening meal since we had eaten a large meal at noon. As always there were many people walking around the old city since there are lots of restaurants and ice cream vendors there. As we walked in front of the cathedral, I noticed one of the saints on the front of the cathedral seemed to be lecturing the people below. I wonder the statue's creator had envisioned just this purpose at the time he created it.

Street music is always popular in Nice, but one of the most popular groups we ran into was the jazz quintet that set up on Sunday afternoons next to the Palais de Justice. They played lively jazz and blues to large crowds on the street and in adjacent restaurants. My camera problems didn't let me get a good photo of the group-sorry.

One of my favorite architectural features in Nice is the pair of matching gardens on the South side of the Palais de Justice. The East garden was well lighted on Sunday afternoon. I could almost imagine criminals waiting their fate walking around the garden. This is just my imagination since I don't know who has access to these gardens. I'm sure whomever is allowed access must really enjoy them.