mercredi 30 juillet 2008

In the jungle (Nice - 26/07)

City centre (Nice - 26/07)

Racing the rain (D2205 - 26/07)

You were lucky, the storms are starting in the alps and we are getting to the south!! I just need to go faster than the clouds to get dry...

Mototrain in the curve (D2205 - 26/07)

Let's get curves!! (col de la bonette - 26/07)

Praying Jesus (col de la bonette - 26/07)

2800 girl version (col de la bonette - 26/07)

Still the highest road of europe....

2800 boy version (col de la bonette - 26/07)

The highest road of europe!

Nice, this way (col de la bonette - 26/07)

Hi buddy (col de la bonette - 26/07)

Let's go to the top (col de la bonette - 26/07)

Packing time (Meolans-Revel - 26/07)

The sun is back, let's go!!

Doll house room (Moelans-Revel - 26/07)

Storm is starting!! (Moélans-Revel - 25/07)

Fortunately, we arrived at our B&B (Bed & Breakfast) before the first rain drops... Hope tomorrow is better...

Mountains everywhere (combe du Queyras - 25/07)

More clouds... (D902 - 25/07)

Clouds are coming (col de Vars - 25/07)

After these gorgeous sunny days, the clouds are coming!! Nooooo!!

Lunch break (Château Queyras - 25/07)

Parking place (Château Queyras - 25/07)

La route des grands-Alpes (D902 - 25/07)

The monster wake up (D902 - 25/07)

Watch out bis (col de l'Izoard - 25/07)

Watch out!! (col de l'Izoard - 25/07)

The roads are sometimes really unsecure (look at the deepness on the right!!), you have to keep attention all the time..

2360 (Col de l'Izoard - 25/07)

Road closed (Cervières - 25/07)

During the summer, one morning in the week, some roads are reserved for cyclists. They are mainly leading to highest mountain roads.

Shit butterfly (Cervières - 25/07)

After the fly, the butterfly in the shit... The first time I see that!!

jeudi 24 juillet 2008

2645 (col du Galibier - 24/07)

Lunch break (col de l'Iseran - 24/07)

The water in the river was so cold that staying more than 30 secondes inside, hurts.

2770 (col de l'Iseran - 24/07)

Curve (between Notre-Dame-Du-Pré and Hautecour - 23/07)

This is one of the curves of this road between these two villages. It was endless... Maybe 40 or more curves to reach the valley...

Thirsty (Valezan - 23/07)

In nearly all Alps villages, you can enjoy drinkable water from sources (well, we're still alive...).

Curves break (D902 - 23/07)

Getting ready to go again!!

Looking in the sky (Cormet de Roselend - 23/07)

Passage mark (Cormet Roselend - 23/07)

We put our sticker sometimes...

1968 (Cormet de Roselend - 23/07)

Water fall (everywhere in the Alps - 23/07)

Let's get fresh (Roselend lake - 23/07)

Impossible to go further in this icy water!!

Lunch break (Roselend lake - 23/07)

Dopped cyclists (col des saisies - 23/07)

The cyclists were riding the road down at 80km/h!! Even in the curves, we nearly couldn't follow!!

Minimum service (chamonix - 22/07)

In a youth hostel, you have to do your bed...

A river through the city (chamonix - 22/07)

Siesta bis (col du Perret - 22/07)

Is the driver dead?... Moutain roads are really tuff!! A nap is needed again and again...

Siesta (Yvoire - 22/07)

...After lunch, a nice nap is required next to the lac Léman...

Medieval city (Yvoire - 22/07)

Stop for lunch...

Following the tram way (Geneve - 21/07)

Diving into the curve (N5 - 21/07)

Alcohol test (N5 - 21/07)




We crossed motobikers that warned us to go slower, so I drove slower without knowing what it is about... Then, here they are the gendarmes (police from the army). It was just a little check...

Weather forecast (col de la faucille - 21/07)

Sunshine.....

1323 meters (col de la faucille - 21/07)

Here we are on the top road of the Jura. Without sun, the wind was cold...

Road works (N5 - 21/07)

Summer holidays make road busy with works. It was a good way to go in front of long cars queue in moutain roads. Indeed, it is hard to pass cars in this kind of road.