Today was our rest day. We rode our bikes “downstairs” (1,100’) to the little town of Le Bourg d’Oisans which sits at the foot of Alpe d’Heuz. We bought souvenir jerseys, bought digital pics of us on the climb, and had two wonderful visits with new friends from Holland who are here for a major event on Thursday. A professor from Amsterdam bought us coffee and tea while we visited with him and his two graduate students. Later we had lunch with 3 women who were about to ride up Alpe d’Huez for the Cancer Find raiser on Thursday. There will be 4,000 riders, 16,000 supporters, candles all the way up the route since they start at 4:30am. The best of them will ride up 6 times. They wii raise $10,000,000 for cancer research. We were impressed with their passion and dedication to contribute.
Tomorrow we leave this lovely village of Le Freney-d’Oisans and move 4 hours south to Bedoin at the foot of Mount Ventoux, the giant of Provence.