Coming abroad I had always had places in mind that I wanted to travel but Nice was never one of them. After one of my roommates told me she was going I looked into the trip and immediately became interested in what I had seen online. The pictures were breathtaking and the stories her friends had told her about the city sealed the deal. After booking our flight we had learned that there was going to be a flower festival during the time we were there, so of course we purchased tickets for the event.

The day of our flight we woke up early and went to go get costumes for the festival, then quickly packed our bags and made our way to the airport. Just a short 1-hour flight and we had arrived in Nice. While my roomies friends were studying in Nice their apartment was in Antibes and…