Some last minute excursions to the ocean for a swim (me) and a final exploration of the old town (B), and we transferred hotels, unloaded the bikes and built them up.
David promised a ride along the valley as a warm up, although since Nice is surrounded by the Maritime Alpes, no one really understood what valley that was. Of course, there is no valley, and our warm up ride was a nice little taste of the Alpes, with 10 times harder a ride waiting tomorrow.
All the bikes work well, we still know how to ride them, and everyone is looking forward to the challenge ahead. Ruari, our new host, is great.
We said farewell to Nice with dinner at Garabaldi Square (namesake of the fountain in the photos). I'm including mug shots of everyone (Thanks to Mark) and a picture of a super double chocolate dessert (for Sydney), and yummy crusty bread (for my lovely wife).
Love to all at home.
Oh boy....a ride that is 10 times harder than today...yikes!!! Good luck to all of you! So glad you included pictures of your group...all looking fit and ready to go! We sat through the Giants thrashing by the Mets and it was really ugly! Sydney had the biggest cotton candy ever and James made friends with everyone that was sitting around us! We will be thinking of all of you tomorrow as you pedal your bikes up mountains!!
ReplyDeleteAnother group of great pics. I love the expression on both Peter and B's faces! The group looks so happy to be back together again. It will be such fun starting out on the bicycling trip this year. Looking forward to all the beautiful countryside photos ahead! Wishing you the best cycling in the coming days!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to have the crew together. Wish I could be there with you guys, but only for the dinner and dessert part, not the crazy cycling part;) Have fun tomorrow. Enjoy and don't push too hard. Take lots of pics along the way!
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