Tour de France

Bonjour, family and friends,
I managed to exhaust myself sightseeing in order to keep me from getting bored. I've taken a trip some where everyday. Had a full day yesterday. Took a ten hour tour that included a train ride thru the Swiss Alps. Amazing. Went to Gruyeres. Did cheese and wine tasting. Then, we hit the Chocolate capital of the world. Which by the way Nestle has managed to get involved in. Free chocolate!!! Can you imagine?? And, I only tasted three.

I switched hotels. And met up with my tour leader. Guess what ?? Only one other guy joining us. He is from New Zealand.

Today we traveled to the Les Rousses stage. Crossed into France side of Swiss Alps. We got on our bikes and rode to Les Rousses first then came down and back up the other side to Le Ceure. By then it was getting so busy. We called it a day and went to wait for the tour to go by. It was an awesome day. Wish some of the friends back home were here to enjoy this.

Ps: My suitcase arrived 2 days later. Broken handle, no cute colorful luggage tags and the pull handle is wobbly. (Did I mention my bike bag also has a tear on it and a bent skewer, which the boys fixed) But boy, was I glad to have different shoes and clothes. The hotel I booked was not the cute little quaint hotel on the website. The theme was Hollywood and, their were tacky statues , etc... And their was a night club next to lobby. People smoking everywhere. Yuk !!

Le Tour is even more exciting than I had remembered. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to be here enjoying this beautiful country and this amazing event.

Thanks for all the nice notes Dear Friends.

Life is Good, Mairie (I'm french right now, remember ?)