Friday, July 07, 2006

Weekend's trips

On the last Saturday (the 1st of July) in the morning I realized that it's a weekend. I phoned all my friends and colleagues and... I went alone somewhere. I always wanted to go Cote d'Azure and Provance in the south of France. So, the dreams come true. Two days in the mountains, only me, a wild nature, my Africa Twin and all the stuff I need for camping-hiking. Just from the beginning it was quite stupid because I had good map of French Alps... but not this area where I wanted to go, I had GPS with good map of France... but not this area where I wanted to go and without auto routing. In big shortcut it was without any plans and without any preparations. I really don't like it! The plan was to go from Geneva (CH) throught Grenoble (FR), Sisteron (FR), Marseille (FR), Toulon (FR), San Tropez (FR), Cannes (FR), Nice (FR), Monte Carlo (MC) and go back to Geneva. It's about 1000km in two days. On the map on the left you have: the red line - what I made, the green - what I also wanted to do. Normally, I can easily make 500km... So, question why I didn't do it? Flat tire! I had almost everything I needed to travel but I didn't have tools to repair the flat tire or assistance. Few advices: if you want to travel in west Europe without any surprises you need only money and assistance. Because if it's weekend in the France it's impossible to find someone to help you. Or next solution: you need all the tools to repair something and automatically to be independent and you also need to have the head on the neck and... good luck! So, I think I'll need only tools...

More photos from my short trip you can see here!

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