Bonjour from Nice!

Bonjour from Nice!

I originally had written this post yesterday morning and was going to post from the airport, but I was unable to get an internet connection.

It's been a long journey to get here! Our plane in Detroit ended up getting delayed 2 hours due to maintenance issues, a power outage, and two people getting sick and having to leave the plane. It was a nice flight once we finally got up in the air though. I sat by a very charming Brazilian man who lives in Germany but travels all over the world for his job. He gave me some pointers and good restaurant recommendations for Paris!

My parents tried to convince me that I would need an Ambien to fall asleep, but two glasses of Malbec and the smooth stylings of Amos Lee did the trick just fine. If you haven't heard the song Windows Are Rolled Down from his new album, then you should really make that happen. I slept so good that I slept straight through breakfast and missed a meal. I can't recall to my memory the last time I slept through a meal, much less breakfast! Well, technically it wasn't really breakfast. It was one of those "try to get you on the new time zone type meals." I had just eaten dinner like 3 hours earlier, so I wasn't hungry anyway.

Well since our flight was delayed in Detroit, the chances of us making our connector flight from Amsterdam to Nice were not looking so good. We were feeling optimistic, so we proceeded to run across the entire Amsterdam airport Home Alone style just in time to barely make our flight! The only reason we made it was because that plane was having maintenance issues as well and the flight had been delayed.

So the good news is: We made it to Nice!

But the bad news is: Our luggage did not make it with us.

It should be getting here tomorrow, and I have a few outfits and the necessities of life in my carry-on, so I'll think I'll be able to manage.

So anyway, back to yesterday's post:

Amidst all the drama on the Bachelorette Monday night, Ames said something that was very profound. He said that we'd all like our fairytales to be simple, but sometimes they're not-and that's what makes them beautiful. I really liked that!

I needed to use up the last of the Greek yogurt + a banana, so I had a bowl of 0% Fage, 1/4 C oats, sliced banana, Love Grown Foods Cocoa Goodness granola, and TJ's Sunflower Seed Butter for breakfast yesterday. Sunflower Seed Butter, I will miss you.

I added a spoonful of Pecan Pumpkin Butter after I took the picture.

I wanted to get in some physical activity before sitting on a plane all day, so I went for a 3.5 mile run around my neighborhood yesterday morning. It was a little cooler than usual, but I still came back looking like a sweaty beast. It's so funny that I used to could run 7 or 8 miles no problem, and now after running 3.5, I feel like I've conquered the world. It's been nice to have a little break from running this summer, but I hope to start training again in September for the Disney half!!!

We picked up lunch at Zoe's Kitchen on the way to the airport, and ate it once we got there.

One thing I don't love about Europe is the salad scene, so I made sure to get one last plate of leafy greens before I left. Favorite part of the salad? The caramelized onions, potato salad at the bottom of the salad, and pita bread!

I also added my mom's salsa that she didn't use with her roll ups.

We literally just got here, so I don't have any pictures yet. I'm a little delirious and haven't done any exploring yet, but France is beautiful from what I can tell so far (the car ride from the airport to the hotel)! 

I'm excited I have free wi-fi at our hotel, so I'll do my best to blog when I can. I'm still pretty tired from traveling, so I just plan on napping the rest of the day until dinner and then going back to sleep after dinner. Some people like to stay up all day to try to beat the jet lag, but this works for me. Tomorrow I'll be as good as new!