08H30 Departure from the town of Nice. Nicolas waves farewell as I am speeding down the Valrose. Then comes l'avenue Jean Medecin and la promenade des Anglais, full of people running, walking and cycling back and forth. At the airport Nice Côte d'Azur I turn right toward the jagged line on the horizon. The industrial part of the vallée de la Tinée is not too nice. But eventually after a few hooks and tunnels the things become much nicer. There is less cars and more rock.
13H15 Saint-Sauveur-de-Tinée (500m) - a stop for a beer and soda. The wind is getting stronger and the sky is partially covered with dark, grey clouds.
15H00 Isola - stop for a mug of fresh raspberries, bought from a friendly, elder guy. Who also gives me some precious informations about campings and restaurants ahead.
17H00 Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée (1100 m). Camping "du plan d'eau". I meet a fellow cycling tourist Andrew, a South-African, living in London. This guy is really courageous : not much training, simple equipement, yet he has done "la route de Grandes Alpes" from Switzerland to this place through the highest passes in Europe. He looks approprietly exhausted, with sunburnt face and tired but happy eyes. The supposedly best place for a dinner in the vicinity : "resto des Amis" is closed. So we have our load of pasta, along with a cool conversation in a little restaurant, not far from the camping.
Daily technical data : distance : 98 km / cycling time : 5H56 / average speed : 16,5 km/h / max speed : 45 km/h / total : 785 km / 44 hours
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