I woke up late and moved very slowly.
All I had to do today was take the train for 2 hours back to Geneva.
Very easy.
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Dusty: At Grenoble train station waiting for 1158 train to Geneva
Dusty: Starting my recovery from a week of insanity by doing as
little as humanly possible...where you at Ray?
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Paul: Think Ray has a full day sail back to Barcelona
Paul: Boat's itinerary shows full day at sea, cutting between Corsica
and Sardinia
Paul: Probably no service until he gets to Barcelona
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Dusty: I was assuming that...did the math for the 5 days of cycling in
the trip..
8597m vertical altitude gained 28205' / 5.34 miles.
165.3km biked uphill / 102.7 miles
Dusty: About 10km fewer downhill since N side of Col d'Izuord is
shorter than south side
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Dusty: Haven't heard from rental car company yet, and they called my
cell last
Saturday when they realized i still had a second reservation, so i
think I'm home free..
Dusty: they'd have a hell of a time coming after me days later saying
they never noticed the damage I caused until now, my immediate response
would be what on earth are you talking about?
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Dusty: spoke to soon just got an email in French...
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Dusty: Standard thanks for renting email with my invoice attached, I'm
home free!
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I found the Art and History museum that Kent mentioned....
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Fortunately they had lots of ancient Roman artifacts...
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Human sacrifice
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Repos de Diane
Pierre Paul Rubens
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Dusty: Kent, Ray and are I are winding down and you are ready to turn
on the afterburners!
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Paul: That's a climb
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Dusty: Saw art history and touristy rich part of old town I hadn't
noticed before
Dusty: Cool museum, spent around 90m there
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Kent: Nice Dusty! Are you ready to come back? :)
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Dusty: Very..
Dusty: also...looking forward to 2 weeks it Alaska in 2 weeks!
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Kent: Amazing vert stats!
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Dusty: Yeah I'm kinda pleased to be able to say average of 1 mile
vertical / 20 miles uphill per day....forgot to take ibuprofen today,
walking
is kinda slow and brutal...
Dusty: fixing that now
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Dusty: If there was a rembrandt at the museum i missed it..
Dusty: but that's ok...
Dusty: plenty of Roman stuff
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Kent: I'm doing final packing
Kent: I'm pissed that I can't, no matter how I try, ween my
clothes down
Kent: I want too many luxuries....
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Dusty: If you're going to the mountains you've got to be prepared for
anything!
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Kent: Super picture Dusty! Were are you staying tonight?
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Dusty: Astoria rules! It is on the same courtyard as Lido
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Salmon tartar
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Dusty: menu at Le Carnivore..
Dusty: decadant splurge
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Kent: Astoria is nice for single rooms
Kent: I reserved Lido though
Kent: Did you think your gear was as safe there as Astoria?
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Dusty: Probably not, but also cause that was start of trip vs end
Dusty: Right now I've just got passport and wallet on me, I
always have my camelbak backpack with cameras and critical gear..
Dusty: Until now, it is over, i can get home with just my passport if i
need to...
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Dusty: Astoria is as nice as Lido is..
Dusty: uh...
Dusty: spartan
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Dusty: They don't mess around, this is one of the best pieces of flesh
I've eaten..
Dusty: mushroom sauce
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Kent: Did you have a 100chf Swiss food day today? 😀
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Dusty: 69 menu plus drinks..
Dusty: 2 leftover beers from the grocery store in Briancon for lunch...
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Dusty: Menu is salmon tartar plus beer filet plus desert..
Dusty: salmon tartar was nothing special bit certainly yummy..
Dusty: beef is pretty primal
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Kent: Great last nights meal Dusty!
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Dusty: Money is no object right now
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Dusty: Chocolate fondue..
Dusty: discovered that in 2015 in Lyon.
Dusty: amazing
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Dusty: With a blackcurrant wine
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Kent: Nice are you up by the controversial pubescent girl statue in old
town?
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Dusty:Oh there she is, I missed her on the way up cause i was looking
for restaurants.
Dusty: yes I ate just uphill from her maybe 75m, within site i think
though there are a row of trees almost blocking perfectly from where i
sat and i was looking in the wrong direction all night
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Kent: I could tell by the slope of the road in your table picture
Kent: She's been stolen before!
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Dusty: Yeah Genevas great when you're ignore all the prices cause it is
victory over sanity night
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Kent: Nice! Cinema transat probably just started by the lake
Kent: Outdoor movie
Kent: Good vibes.
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Dusty: Dj at an expensive restaurant lakeside, i just recorded several
minutes, id send it but its huge...
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Dusty: Jamaican Mule watching the Swiss do their silent disco thing..
Dusty: except everyone can hear music...
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Dusty: Looks like the party is over at 2300, all the blue discoers just
left the floor dejected...
Dusty: i still hear the same song going, so it must be the green song
cause they're still dancing
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One last indulgence.... churros and toblerone were excellent
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bike up Col de l’Iseran
