I Shouldn't Have Gone To Nice

[@karenhoff5548]

The sky in Nice was the most bright and brilliant blue. Just gorgeous.

[@rudolfschenker]

My thoughts too. Looks like a beautiful big bright blue California sky, with palm trees and everything. Much more beautiful and ancient architecture, though. 😋

[@karenhoff5548]

@@rudolfschenker I immediately thought of being by the beach in California. That bright blue. Agree much more beautiful.

[@nysoleil]

I burst out laughing at the dog lying down by the fountain with water falling +massaging his derriere!🤣🐾 Luv this vlog! Makes me wanna visit Nice! Am so happy that you are traveling a bit again!😁😘

[@warped2875]

...a doggie bidet!

[@patt7866]

Sitting in my rented flat in Paris, watching this. So good!

[@cosmocalisse]

I lived in Nice from 1999 to 2006 and went back to visit in 2019, and Wayne's bar is identical to what it was in the 2000s, still playing the exact same handful of songs as they did 20 years ago

[@sherrieshatzen3801]

Ah, Nice... many fond memories. On a next trip perhaps explore the market in the Vieux Ville. I had the best olives I've ever had. A paper cone of nicoise olives from a barrel. They were warm from sitting in the sun & omg--so amazing. So many interesting little shops. My favorite was a shop that sold marzipan. Each little piece was a work of art. They were delicious but they were so beautiful I didn't want to eat them. Another interesting experience in Nice--there is a single gauge railroad that goes to Digne. Digne is way up in the Alps & has a thermal spa. The spa was great & the area all of the way from Nice & back was so picturesque. So much natural beauty. Then there is the Musee de Chagall, the Roman amphitheater & the musee de Matisse, all found on the Cheminee des Arennes.

[@jillianb8992]

I visited Nice in Sept 2019! Loved walking along the Promenade des Anglais. Another great city to walk around in.

[@bryancoburn4094]

Nice Beach Tip: - swim shoes are a must. The beach is all rocks and painful to walk on getting in and out of the water. You can buy them at shops near the beach or bring from home.

[@tiffanycovemaker2956]

I always take daily snacks when in Europe. I'm still not used to the hours when cafes and restaurants are open.

[@hazelhoyte7668]

10:47😀 The dog under the fountain. The trip to the laundrette brought back memories of your older vlogs. Glad your dad arrived safely and in time for your birthday. Enjoy it when you get there. 🍻😎

[@clam371384]

Hi Jay, I just got back from a two weeks vacation from France. We went from Paris to South of France (not our first time in France), we picked up a car after few days in Paris and start road-tripping down to the South. We have seen city vs. countryside and I gotta say that the small town has the most charm than the city. I hope you have a wonderful time with your dad when he is there, take care.

[@Whateva67]

Sounds like it was fun,did you happen to go to Nîmes or anywhere around there? I want to go see the old Roman arenas around France. Hello from British Columbia 🇨🇦

[@clam371384]

@@Whateva67 Yes we have visited the arena aka "Amphitheater" in Arles. If you are in that area, be sure to see Pont du Gard (Roman aqueduct bridge ) just about an hour away, and it is listed as World Heritage sites. Also if you have extra extra time, do drive up north to Amboise to see DaVinci home :)

[@Whateva67]

@@clam371384 Thanks,good information,can’t wait to go back. I’ve been to the house where Leonardo was born in Anchiano,just outside of Vinci in Tuscany 😎

[@Unkn0wnGuy]

Loved nice. Can't wait to go back and see more of that area

[@debracoulter1250]

That’s looks like a nice place to visit! Lol get it!?! Thanks for the book recommendation, I just got it on Audible. I laughed really hard when you talked about the long walk. I went on a death march on arrival day once. We walked from the Pullman in the 7th down to the island with the Statue of Liberty. At least we slept good that night! 🤣

[@glenncamp733]

Great music, Nice is so wonderful. You seem to be on a search - I hope it goes well. North Carolina skies for me.

[@Antonius2085]

That water fountain dog though! Made my day!

[@annaburch3200]

Everytime I see Hotel Beau Rivage in Nice (when I've visited or in videos, like yours) I think of "Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas". Did you read those books when you first started learning French? Anyway, I love seeing that. 😉🇨🇵

[@kathyd7284]

Started watching you before my trip to France in August 2017. Thanks for the tour of Nice - brought back many wonderful memories of the time I spent there with my daughter and granddaughter. Hope I have another trip back in my future.

[@oesoy]

I would love to see you do more travels around France! Maybe a nice tour on the Canal du Midi? This sort of variety is perfect!

[@PAWS0810-]

waving from ridiculously hot mesa arizona - i thought i heard your dad will visit soon. enjoy this area is beautiful but ive been numerous times in different places and because i love to travel i just love everywhere in paris.

[@susangalpin4967]

I'm your neighbor sweltering in Scottsdale!

[@brianbrink616]

1st time watched, but new sub. Love the video. My son and I were in Nice 2 summers ago and you nailed it. Especially walking and being in walking shape. SO TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@teraysa919]

Awesome Video! Thank u Jay! Nice is Beautiful! New Bucket list add on to visit! Good Luck on ur secret work projects! Hope u r having a great vacation!🍕🌮☕

[@SamFournier]

Damn, I could relate so much about how you change when moving abroad. I’ve grown so much and it’s only been a year since I’ve been living in France. I feel like it’s an experience everyone should have. Btw I miss donuts too! When my husband and I visit Nice we must visit Brewdog🍻

[@parisvintagewatches2003]

What's going on with Jay & Tiffany Davis in Nice, is this a new secret 🤐 romance. Tiffany recently became single on her own KZbin channel as well 🥰❤️👍😍.

[@andyshacks7812]

I noted your comments about feeling a bit insecure when you first lived in Nice. Made me remember how I felt when I went to live in Paris at the age of 19. It’s daunting! Some nice shots of Nice. Def love the Port area. We had a beer there with two drunk fishermen. Happy days. Lol

[@velislavastaneva6825]

That dog is enjoying the butt bath without any concerns 😂😂😂

[@magdastar2249]

Great 🎶music. 👍 Love the tour of Nice and hope you are taking care. Soooo much to learn I feel one lifetime is not enough. Thank you for sharing ❤🙏🍷

[@clarehart5892]

You should always take a book when doing laundry. Oh boy, do I ever crave one of those ice creams right now.

[@languagelearningexperience6814]

Lovely to see Nice again. My partner lived there for 10 years so she was checking what work had been finished. Hope you're relaxing well.

[@lauridomingo]

Love Nice. Your experience starving and exploring is how I spent so much time with my French bf who I learned to hate due to this 😂

[@aairsick]

Oh the failed lunch choices - ouch! This just happened to me in Madrid, and oh boy do I get cranky. It’s when you’ve passed three spots you start thinking is it wrong to stop at McDonald’s and the answer is always YES. Starvation before that fate. But it is so frustrating,

[@Whateva67]

Hey hey,me and my wife were in Nice for a couple days after I was doing a cruise ship refit in Cadiz Spain in 2012,took a bus to Monaco for the day,loved it. Greetings from British Columbia 🇨🇦

[@ck2d]

I went to Festival du Glace in Nice. Amazing fusion of French ice cream and Italian gelato. I had a scoop of kiwi fruit, because I love the flavor but I'm mildly allergic so can't eat it straight, and it was so packed with the fruit I had a reaction. 100% worth it, it was amazing stuff.

[@Lucy_Bayard_John]

Au plaisir de voir vos prochains vidéos!

[@LineHoude]

My last trip in France was the French Riviera in fall 2019. Nice was OK, but I enjoy smaller cities Antibes, Village d'Èze....Cassis

[@blytheaislinn832]

Jay - from one doughnut fan to another, next time you're in London - here's my top 5: - Crosstown (sourdough and SO good!) - Longboys (brioche, baked not fried - kinda like a doughnut eclair) -Donutelier (for ostentatious options) -Lockdown Bakehouse (bit out of the way from central but worth it!) -Bread Ahead (more traditional) Enjoy! 😋

[@JaySwanson]

Oh dang - gotta save these. Thanks Blythe!

[@blytheaislinn832]

@@JaySwanson welcome! Longboys has a site in kings cross too (super handy pre/ post eurostar) ☺️

[@bryancoburn4094]

thanks, Jay. Was looking forward to the Nice video.

[@lacmeadows4092]

Jay, Great city walk in Nice. That church was not open when I was in Nice. Wondering if it's only open at Mass time. Your ice cream looked amazing. I agree Italy travel is calling me. Wish the pandemic would resolve it self.🐞

[@johncrwarner]

""È basta" which is Nice dialect for "Stop"" It is also regular Italian for "stop" too LOL As the Kingdom of Piedmont and Sardinia gave Savoy to France in exchange for their support in the Risorgimento so the dialect of Nice is basically Italian LOL BTW you missed an obvious pun "Nice thoughts"

[@rudolfschenker]

Are we talking about the Langue d'Oc Nice dialect? Or does the Francois spoken in Nice also have a lot of Italian words?

[@johncrwarner]

@@rudolfschenker Not sure My experience of North West Italy is that the Italian dialects become more like Provencal the nearer to France you get. So the language of Nizza in 1860 would have been classed, I suspect, as an Italian dialect After handing it over to France that year it became a dialect of Languedoc Yet remained unchanged My point is "È Basta" is also Italian even written with Italian orthography

[@corpi8784]

@@johncrwarnerNorth Italian diialects to Langue d'Oc dialects to Catalan dialects is a classical dialect continuum

[@janvierprado8876]

@@johncrwarner No, no and no , langue d'oc is not italian . Putain les gens qui casse les couilles avec ça commence vraiment a faire chier . Occitant is Occitant avec toutes les variente du Limousin (Lemosin) de Limoges ( Limòtges) a Nice en passant par Toulouse ( Tolosa ) . BTW : Nissa en nissart ; Nizza en italien . So its Nissart not langue Nizza .

[@RetiredExpatEnjoyingLife]

I'm moving to Nice in January. I'm going to check out some of those places!

[@michaelbrennan5433]

This is why I'm hedging not traveling this year. Many shops and restaurants are closed. Plus those new variants. A/C is not working. A/C and Ice, still Europe's challenge. Hang in there Jay!

[@chrisrond1022]

How many times do you have to turn your key to open your hotel room door ? I've never seen a lock like that ?

[@paulhowlett8151]

All locks work like that in France.

[@warped2875]

At the beach, find a place for a Pan Bagnat and a beer! ...but if you don't like Salade Niçoise, you likely wont care much for a Pan Bagnat. In Old Nice, for a great snack, get some Socca (and a beer).

[@terenzo50]

My first Nice trip was in '59 followed each year for about three years.. Really enjoyed it. Remember Stranger On The Shore seemed to always be playing on the juke box at our plage. Two sweet little old ladies ran the small hotel within easy walking distance. Bought a Batman comic near the old covered market away from the plage, deeper into the town. The mayor was a former colleague of my father's. He would eventually wind up in prison for a bit. (The mayor -- not my father.)

[@richardmortenson8525]

Joyeux Anniversaire, Jay ! Enjoy the day with your dad and your many, many friends.

[@SonnyGreenwichJr]

Hope you're doing ok, Master Jay! I sense a little melancholy... Your dad will be over shortly and if I'm not mistaken a birthday anon! From finally sunny, surprisingly hot and still sorta kinda almost locked down Kinsale! ☘️☮️🤘🏽🤠👍🏽☮️☘️

[@parisvintagewatches2003]

What's going on with Jay & Tiffany Davis in Nice, is this a new secret 🤐 romance. Tiffany recently became single on her own KZbin channel as well 🥰❤️👍😍.

[@karenvigmostad4013]

why don’t you try the bus to get to where you can do a drone shot? When I visited Nice for one Euro I was able to take a bus all the way out to Menton. it was great. I stopped in Monte Carlo, walked up the hill to the cathedral where Princess Grace and Prince Rainier are buried and to Jacques Cousteau aquarium (The aquarium wasn’t much). On the way back I stopped at a place that advertised itself as the most beautiful house in the world. It was nice but that’s a bit of an exaggeration :) at the time you could ride and change buses or the train for the same one euro if within a certain period of time. I have no idea if that still holds true, it’s probably been about 10 years for me. Love Nice! I actually love Nicoise salad and it was the first time I actually ordered an entire (basic) French meal in French. I also enjoyed the socca. I went into a local hardware type store and bought a little French basket that the French would buy and not tourists. I still use it every day :-) There was an outdoor market and I found a beautiful brighy white cotton blouse with eyelets for my daughter-in-law and she loved it. boy I wanna get back to France! It’s been since 2015 or 2016. i’ve been there four or five times. unexpectedly fell in love with Paris on my very first visit.

[@pathallam986]

Last visited Nice in 2018, it was nice to recognise places in the Old Town and the road to the port. When we came back I rewatched your previous (winter) visit & realised our Airbnb had been literally round the corner from where you used to live. Dead easy to visit Italy on a day trip and all along the coast. Also the train to Digne someone else comments on, takes you up into the hills and the landscape is quite un-Mediterranean.

[@DomBernier]

I’m pretty sure I went to that coffee roaster when I visited Nice in 2018. Nice is such a beautiful city!!

[@agyos]

Hahaha! This was super fun! And...yes...in agreement with another commentator...such a pristine sky....deeply blue and gorgeous! Wow! I wish for the ability to teleport, lol! Thank you!

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

It’s funny I’m in my 30s now and during my college years I spent a semester abroad in Amsterdam. I went thru the EXACT same ordeal as you Jay. When I got back I was so disappointed and almost embarrassed that I really did not see and do nearly as much as I should have because I felt out of my comfort zone and kind of home sick even. It always bothered me and I finally got around to revisit Amsterdam a few years ago for ten days and I went all out and then some and it really washed away the guilt I felt for how lame I was last time I was there lol and just like Nice; Amsterdam is so beautiful and full of life and culture and you look at it like what was I thinking lol

[@1BigBucks1]

Doggo cooling off shot 🚰🐶😊

[@betseykimbrell723]

"makes me wish I was here to paint ! " LOL ....good vid as usually ....

[@Laurgal5]

Haha, Jay, I'm reading the same Napoleon book! I chose it because I wanted to better understand him before visiting Les Invalides.

[@paulhowlett8151]

Ah!...Nice, my favourite French city. The art shop that you walked past in this video is very expensive. I really like watching the Nice street scenes, it always brings back good memories for me. I hope to be back in Nice, pending travel restrictions that are currently in place in Australia.

[@anneyoung7731]

Funny how the BDA logo looks like a frenchified Jay Swanson logo.

[@spankytv]

That scenery though.... hope the weather is still nice in 2 months.

[@hongphan4387]

We have just come back from nice. Considering purchasing a place In this town.

[@youngnope4664]

New camera?

[@amileoj9043]

So easy to get distracted in such a drop dead gorgeous place!

[@rudfil]

Beautiful Nice, was there 20 yrs ago have to go back I'm just curious, what kind of health care do you need in France as a non resident ?

[@Leila2023_]

some of those airbandb ac machines make rooms hotter... it's a mystery... why?

[@hungrysoles]

Hi Jay. You seem to have had a nice time chilling out at Nice. It seems to have a more tropical feeling than in the north Since it's close to Italy, is there an Italian influence there? Is Italian like a second language as well as lots of Italian names? Don't fee; l bad about looking for donuts. My last trip to New York, I tried a lot of pizza places and they were all good. Time seems to go fast during vacations and it's a shame you can't make time last longer when you're having a great time. Was Bastille Day different down there than it was in Paris ? Maybe it's more relaxed and festive. Have a great time and keep chilling out. Au bientot ! Tom From Pittsburgh.

[@amyspeers8012]

Should the next box not be cookies but be brownies?

[@jackie8357]

Can't travel since we have some family members who can't be vaccinated - goin to drink some coffee and enjoy your travels 🍩 ☕️

[@Chrisb8s]

We have the same backpack:)

[@bhalchandrapai]

Looks like that room requires a Ventilateur and not a Climatiseur. More power to you, Monsieur.

[@skrrskrr64]

did you pay for the laundry or already include in your room package ?

[@kokosmc1320]

Yooo I was in Nice a couple days ago that’s so cool!

[@shinyshinythings]

Come to Vigo! El Molino has the best donuts known to humankind. 😍

[@maobfh]

Does anyone else wonder about the fate of the coffee shop he wandered by and was tempted to stop but didn't? He decided he was on a mission and moved onward to something he thought he was going to, but was actually something else. It was good, but didn't knock his socks off. Now the other one just needed a break. It was fantastic but what was once a happening street back in the day is now on a quiet corner. A touch of the magic that is Jay would have turned the entire block around. But it was not to be. And he made the BEST brownies, but does anyone in Paris care about Brownies? They do, but in Nice it is just too American to get excited about them. Serve them round with cream and call them something else. Awwwwww. This is too depressing.

[@kalpanaregmi1411]

Make a video to get tickets of TGV or TER

[@gloxton]

Still loving the vlogs but how is an Indian cafe problematic?

[@Matthew2398]

If it was called cafe white person or cafe black person how would you feel about that?

[@gloxton]

@@Matthew2398 black and white are not counties. India is. How is it any different to having a French cafe?

[@Matthew2398]

@@gloxton because the cafe is not talking about Indians it's talking about native Americans. The picture on the outside of the cafe is of a native American

[@gloxton]

@@Matthew2398 oh my god. You're right. I completely missed that somehow. I had to go back to see. That's just out of order.

[@apk2039]

@@gloxton A cowboy on a western restaurant….A mustachioed chef on an Italian pizzeria…A cook with a white hat on a French cafe…Lederhosen wearing guy on a beer menu…all are fine and so is this Indian…wokeness taken to its usual extremes

[@parisvintagewatches2003]

Jay what's going on with you & Tiffany Davis in Nice, is this a new secret 🤐 romance. Tiffany recently became single on her own KZbin channel as well 🥰❤️👍😍.

[@senglin1784]

Very nice Nice indeed

[@daniellebourgade8701]

Thanks

[@m3ganmcguir3]

I have a complaint : you did not include enough footage of the doggo having a butt shower. What a little tube of dog !

[@3ashooorable]

Going to France searching for donuts 😂

[@dccoulthard]

10:49 Doggie bidet.

[@jasonpereira2416]

my fav place in the world

[@daniellebourgade8701]

Thanks😊

[@garyhookom66]

Jay, My husband and I are wondering what your advice is regarding getting the QR code for the vaccine. We went back to the states as you did to get our vaccine. Now we are back in France and would like to comply with their regulations. Any comments?

[@WeeferKeef]

Donuts, burgers. McDonalds??? Why aren't you staying in the US?

[@JaySwanson]

Cheaper to go to Nice!

[@petejemmott7657]

This was a very nice Nice vlog. 4:02 was that a condom dispenser? Safety first...

[@marioscrofani8235]

Gute Freiheit

[@deboraaparisi9999]

To fast

[@azureen06]

Nice is the best large city of France, and it's one of the best worldwide. Oh and missing junk food like donuts... you're so anglosaxon.

[@sd-de2vr]

Only a yank would go to Nice and buy Simpsons doughnuts and McDonald's. Tragic.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

I don't know if you are French, but I am, and I can assure you that many French people buy doughnuts and go to McDonalds. Besides, Jay Swanson lives in France. So, it is not as if he did not eat French food.

[@sd-de2vr]

@@heliedecastanet1882 Yeah he eats so much French food that he shows us burgers and doughnuts. Classic ignorant yank abroad. :-) France has some of the best cuisine in the world and it's wasted on him.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@sd-de2vr Je vous ai écrit qu'il habite en France, et qu'il mange également des plats français. Vous pouvez aller visionner d'autres vidéos de lui. Peut-être cela vous rendra-t-il moins insultant - mais j'en doute cependant : l'insulte est un état d'esprit 🙂 Bonne soirée à vous.

[@datingandlifeadvicechannel7534]

I lived abroad in many countries France is the most difficult to deal with or deal with the people. They are strange and not good with foreigners.