A Bicycle Expedition and Culinary Conquest of Spain and France

Friday, July 23, 2010

Day 17: Cannes to Nice + Monte Carlo

Good evening from France (or principality thereof)

We made it! We finished our biking for the trip.







Finish line



Arnold



Arnold Jr




Cannes




Antibes




Nice from our hotel




My father, a woman?




Monte Carlo




More Monaco




Monaco at night


Today marks the end of an era. Seigel Cycling will be calling a press conference announcing their retirement from the pannier-bicycling profession.

A word from our sponsor:

YouTube Video


But Sponsors also need to eat: this time in Monte Carlo at Louis XV




View of dining room




Crayfish




Turbot




Pigeon




Chocolate cake with raspberries



And now for a final tabulation of our trip statistics

Miles biked: 710

Hours biked: 64

Feet climbed: 35,800

Panniers thrown out: 6

Bicycles given away: 2

Screams climbing Col de Leques: 2

Number of people who yelled at each of us about getting of the road: 1

Number of Seigel Cycling teammates looking forward to retirement: 2

Tomorrow we fly from Nice to Barcelona, and spend the night in Girona.

Good night

- Greg



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Location:Promenade des Anglais,Nice,France

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