No one is more surprised that I am to be here and to have done it 100% by bike. It was always technically possible, but there were so many things which could have gone wrong. The weather was really crummy and dangerous only one morning and knowing, as I did, ahead, I took that as a rest day. Hell, they were all rest days, but I didn't ride on two of them.
The Med is warm and very blue. I only stuck my toes in today. This town is too crazy. I need to settle a bit further up the coast between towns where, maybe there are fewer people? This may or may not be possible.
Traffic for the final 20 miles into Frejis was, shall we say, interesting. I think the heat (27 C) does something to the brain. Until then, drivers were quite reasonable. Once the conjestion started, good manners went out the window. It went from being better than biking on Santa Clara Valley streets to being worse. I'm watching like a hawk and not taking too many chances. The gods look out for children and idiots, right?
I've been seeing the occasional military jet flying low. Part of the prep for Syria or coincidence?
Owners of yachts who have more money than sense will often have their boats shrink wrapped, loaded on a truck and driven to the port of their choice. Looks like this happens a bit down here.
The white ceramic child is about two or three times the size of a real child. Pretty weird.
Coffee mugs. The cafes serve very small cups of coffee. It is virtually impossible to buy a cup of filter coffee in a cafe, however, clearly people are drinking larger quantities at home, hence the oversized mugs. So why can't I get a proper sized cup of coffee? Who knows? In Germany it was possible in a Starbucks. There is also one in Nice. Maybe I'll need to make the pilgrimage.
There is barely an inch of uncovered beach when the sun is out.
Nice is only 40 miles from here.
I've started the search for a shop who'll box and hold the bike for the flight back. My first note hasn't been answered yet. Not a good sign. I hope this doesn't become an issue. I can box it, but storing it could be complicated and it needs to be settled prior to the 12th.
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