
Monday was a rest day for the riders, but we still had to work. Since we had not been able to get to the Sky team on Sunday to rebuild some wheels, we did it on Monday instead.
The teams stayed put in the same place, and so did we. We woke up at Le Castellan, had breakfast, and then away to the Europcar for a drive back to the mountaintop. It was only 40km, but in the mountains that takes a while - what with hills, switchbacks, campers, cyclists...
and SKIERS?. this guy was skiing UP the last hill, the steep curvy one from the day before:





And a restaurant:

After the ride, we were hungry, but wary of ordering too much food. The 19 euro meal from the previous night had been a doozy. We scaled back to a single entree each instead of the full salad, meat, cheese plat, and dessert of before. Good thing we had climbed an entire mountain, because the smaller meals also had huge servings. Between our two meals we had salads, meat (one each), two different sauces (one for each entree), and a mere 6 side dishes (3 each meal - and they were BIG dishes)
In case you have not gotten the full Alpine effect, here is a photo of the dining room at Le Castellan.
stuffed animals, real animal heads, old photos, decorative plates, folk art, kitsh art, exposed wood... all in abundance. the proprietors had a particular thing for kitties. The upstairs hallways were hung with completed, framed puzzles... mostly kitties, and a few puppies.

Another mountain sunset, and then a long drive to Aix les Bains tomorrow.

Bon Voyage!
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