Jetlag Supplemental

So after we posted yesterday, we went to dinner and thought of a bunch of random stuff we could have written about but forgot. Nothing so important, but jetlag has got me up early and I couldn't just lay awake in bed any longer, while the other 2 appeared to sleep. So I found that the cafe with internet service is open at 6:30am...which is remarkable because everything else here opens late and closes early. I think the owner of this café is the only entrepreneur in the region because it opens at 6:30am and closes at 1:00am.

When Slug and I finally got the airport on Saturday and arranged to have our lost bags delivered to our hotel; we went to the rental car counter. We had rented a 7 seater minivan to accommodate the bike boxes and the 3 of us for the week and the return trip to the airport. We had reserved the car on the French side of the Geneva airport because it was much cheaper. Europe being what it is, the French side didn't work a full day. We told them we were coming at noon. So that's when they came. Since we were flight delayed and baggage delayed, we were later than that and they left. So the only thing we could do was rent a mini-mini-van from the Swiss side. It will do for getting 3 people and 3 bikes around here for rides, but we have no idea how we will get 3 bike boxes in that thing for the return to the airport.

We're unlikely to be able to post pictures taken on the road until we get back and put them on Ofoto or something because the internet cafe is not WiFi; but a terminal you use; so no way to upload our photos to it.

Among our favorite stories so far comes from yesterday's ride. We climbed Alpe d'Huez and instead of coming straight down, we took the back road out. It continues to climb up to a second peak called the Col de Sarenne. On top of that we were low on water because it was hot. The only thing around was a "refuge" for hikers, etc. We asked the lady there to refill our bottles and she hesitated, telling us that they don't like to do that because they run a business and they can't waste time giving water to all. But she made an exception. Since she was relatively attractive, Squirrel though he would make it worth here while and offer her a kiss in exchange for the water. The concept of a trade lost in translation, Squirrel leaned in to give her a kiss. Caught by surprise, she dodged the effort expertly and Squirrel was left hanging. Oh well...6 days to go and we know he'll keep trying.