It's been a few days since the last post while I sorted out my 3G pre paid.. But here I am in France, on Lac Lemann (lake Geneve) in a little village. The area is just magnificent, a little farm type village on the waters edge. 60k away is the ski town Morzine, from there I launched a bike climb to Avereze. 1800mts in 14 or so km's. Not too bad a climb.
On Tuesday slipped up to Mont Blanc.. Had great intentions of ride from Chamonix (the base town) through the valley and up to one of the higher points, but after 3hrs at 3900mtrs at the top of Mont Blanc I was shagged - the altitude really affected me. I consider myself reasonably fit, but fitness is no match for lack of oxygen! There were folks at the top stumbling around like drunkards, it was quite interesting.
If anyone comes to the Rhone Alps region of France, I high recommend Mont Blanc - if you can get the Panoramic tour across to the Italian border, that is the business.
Today we went on down to the Olympic museum at Lausanne and then onto many other little towns along the lake edge. The Montreix Jazz festival was on and a great place for a wander. In hindsight I wish i'd taken a photo or 2.. It reminded me of a James Bond flick, very Euro summer vacation type of place.
Off to Stuttgart tomorrow - looking forward to some German beer, caio for now, wade.
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