Day two in France was spent in Eza. After a good long sleep and feeling no effects of jet lag, we enjoyed breakfast on our room’s balcony with it’s stunning views. Already it was very warm and humid. Fresh fruit, plain yogurt, ham/cheese, pain du chocolate strong coffee with warm milk-how good are European breakfasts!!!
The night before we had decided not to spend the coming day at the beach but rather explore the local village and go for a up tempo walk/run. Leaving Chateau Eza after breakfast, on the short walk down to the village, we came across a dirt trail with a sign inferring a 45 minute distance down to the coastline. So off we went and made it down in about 30 minutes although as you can see from the picture She was a little worse for wear, bonking near the bottom due to the sun and heat (32C and 90% humidity) and not enough H20! Like a true Ironman that she is, a 1.5L of water and a coke a short time later, we were ready for the return trip and at this end of the trail, the signed indicated a 1 hour estimated journey back up to Eza. Immediately as we set out I knew the coke had kicked in for She as I was off the back end and in a “spot of bother” with the pace that was being set. However being the Ironman I am, I quickly regrouped and alternated leading the charge to the top in a brisk 35 minutes. We were drenched in sweat but decided a cold beer was the first order of business and found an outdoor cafe and spent the next hour enjoying our cold ones and watching all the action on the sidewalk and road before us.
The rest of the day we just chilled and enjoyed Chateau Eza and watched the TDF finish on TV before having an early (?) 7:30 dinner back down in the village at a fun and casual outdoor restaurant where we both decided to swear of bread as we had our fill of bread, rolls and baguette’s to last us the rest of the trip, so dinner for She was a salad and I had a steak.
Early to bed as we had a 6:30 wake up call in advance of our all day train ride across France to the Pyrenees and the city of Pau.
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