Madame Vacances Residence Le Chalet d'Orcieres
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Briançon
... looking for someone to chat to. He joined Dad & Anoop for a beer while Tan and I headed off to do dishes. Afterwards we all wandered down to the lounge area to use the internet since we weren’t sure when we would be able to check emails next.
*Comment from Anoop: ”missed” is not entirely accurate. I would say more like they didn’t make eye contact with me while signalling so I had no idea where they had disappeared ...
Col d'Izoard
... whole meal (cheese course excluded) was very delicious and we left extremely stuffed, but thoroughly satisfied! Megs’ meal consisted of an appetizer of a cabbage roll salad with a mustard-type dressing. The main course was a local trout covered in a blueberry sauce served with rice and vegetables. Her dessert was a tarte tatin with ice cream. She too found all the food delectable. One thing is for sure, I could definitely get used to eating like they did in the 17th ...
Col du Lautaret
... got some from the car, ran it back up to Megs and they picked two bottles up when they returned: one was acacia and the other wild alpine flowers.
Rod, Mägge and I then headed off down the other side of the pass towards our final destination for the day, our camping in Briançon. The wind was really blowing ******* the way down and thankfully it was still sunny out. I nearly got swept swideways by a gust of wind as I came speeding out of a tunnel. Just to ...
Alpe d'Huez
... all that energy. Somewhere after the 15th switchback, I caught up to Rod and Tan (ok, let’s be fair, I caught up to Rod - and by default Tan, only because she was waiting for Rod :) . A few minutes later, I caught up with Magge and passed him, but that was short lived. I was informed days later by Rod and Tan, on top of Ventoux, that it was poor etiquette to pass someone that you couldn’t stay ahead of. I’m not sure why this is so but then again, ...
Croix de Fer
... up and luckily there was lots of space for both vans to pull over for some photos. There was also a herd of goats just down the hill and Anoop popped down to take some pics of them. We thought their horns were really neat because they had a spiral to them. Eventually the goats decided to cross the road which stopped a few bikes and cars on the way!
We arrived in Le Bourg d’Oisans in the early afternoon which gave us lots of time to set up ...