I always thought, for some reason, that my first time in France would be in Paris. Evidently my older sister had other plans for me. Of course, being my leader in life, she was the one to script my first French chapter differently. Last November after visiting Monaco, which to me felt very much like a made-up place, we set off to tour South of France. First stop was Nice. The buildings in the South of France immediately stood out to me.

Omnium Rerum Principia Parva Sunt means The beginnings of all things are small. Rome started small too. A little village along the Tiber River before it became the largest and most powerful city in the world. Many people have written about the magnificence of this city and I am about to join this group, even though in a more amateurish, but expressive way.