Bike: Salins-les-Thermes to Bozel and back, 15 miles, 1700 feet of climb
Accommodation: Au pied des tois vallées et à tois kilometer brides-les-bains (Airbnb)
Fun biking day with no panniers. We cycled up the valley, through Brides-les-Bains, to Bozel, passing small ski resorts and camping resorts along the way. Some stretches were on a small road with little traffic, some were on a highway with too much traffic. It was a beautiful day--warm and sunny, breezy.
In Bozel, we splurged on a fondue lunch, realizing that we would soon be leaving the alps and may not have the opportunity to enjoy that treat again. Of course, the way back to our gite was mostly downhill, so all that cheese and bread would not be too big a problem.
On the way back down, we stopped in Brides-les-Bains because I really wanted an iced coffee. I went into a cafe and tried my best to order two iced coffees, but the proprietor just wasn't understanding me, so she asked a lovely woman at the counter for help, and the lovely Irish woman translated. I finally got two cafe-au-laits with a glass of ice. It was delicious! Thank you to the nice Irish woman.
Back on the road, mostly coasting downhill but with a few steep little climbs, and we were back at our gite in no time.
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| Fondue lunch. |
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| Looking up the valley from the restaurant in Bozel. |
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| Church in Bozel. |
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| Heading out to our patio to relax. Our gite is part of a house built in 1860, extended in 1960, and renovated in 1990. I think the wall with the gate may have been older. It was a peaceful, relaxing place to spend three days. |
