Day 1: First KM on the road

Draft – needs editing

We wake in the night train after a light night if sleep. Sharing a small 2x3m room with 6 bunk beds. It always feels like half a night, or just the continuation of the next day, quick bathroom break, then a snack, and we now have to walk 3 train cars to reach our bikes and get them ready.

The train started dropping passengers starting at 6am, and then a stop every 15 min until 9:10 am. So we took the time to see the landscapes trough the windows, and enjoyed the early morning sun and lighting.

We will have to take another train to go to Italy. Only 1 hour ride, but it is more logistics again, we need get the tickets, and get the bikes in a packed train.

The Nice -> Vintemille train is quite popular on Saturday morning because it follows the sea side and stops in all the beach locations. Even Monaco !

We start riding with so much excitement, get some food, eat some Italian stuff.

The road is amazing

We end up riding 83km, quite a lot for a day started at 11am and with a weird night

Starting a km 50, it starts raining, making the conditions slightly harder. Not a lot of rain, just enough to cool us, and make the road slippery, but not enough to stop us.

The camping is ok, definitely not the best spot, but we feel safe, and it is quite cheap.

We went to eat pizza, the beach are privatized, probably one of the most annoying thing in italy.

Then Gelato, fix the bikes, charging our phones. And then let’s go to sleep in our brand new tent.