We had a nice last couple of days in Roquebrune, swimming (!), celebrating Clara, and hanging with royalty in the village. Then we headd into the Alps, over the Bonette, the highest road in Europe at 2800m, and to a gites in Cluses. Today we saw the sights, had lunchon the Joux Plane, and were served raclette for dinner by our hostess.
It wouldn't be a trip to Roquebrune without a little gelaco from Le Paradis de la Glace.
Bea started swimming, with her head under water now...
Clara celebrated her seventh birthday.
Elizabeth and David joined us for the last week.
On our final day in Roquebrune we booked a table at the pizzeria in the village. We drove up and saw the square was filled with white chairs and canopies in preperation for a wedding. How cool! We'd have some dinner entertainment. Turns out the couple were Americans, from Austin. They had a little ceremony followed by a jazz combo, and then suddenly a big Lexus drives up onto the square with the licence plate MC01 (Monaco). Out steps Albert and Charlene to congratulate the newly married couple. Pretty wild.
We swung by the Roman ruins at La Turbie before heading home to get some rest, because the next morning we would be following the Route des Grandes Alpes north.
Hans saw a fox in this same spot when riding up to the Col de Turini.
At the Col de Bonette, the highest paved pass in Europe (2800m) we played in the snow and ate some lunch.
And finally switched over to the Route Napoleon to take us to Gap, Grenoble, and our final destination, the Col de Chattilon where we had booked a room at a Gites.
The proprietress gave us an itinerary for the next day involving the Cascade du Rouget...
...and the Col de Joux Plane, where we had another lunch at altitude.
Samoëns.
We stopped at this great flea market alongside the road...
...and were served raclette for dinner. A complete alpine day.
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