We are getting ready for the bike portion of the vacation! We have all agreed the matching sock day is tomorrow - today, is whatever we could find in the suitcase day and we look fabulous. You can see that we have set up a hair salon in the room - looking good. We will report in this evening after our first ride!

Today, we go to a Tours by train. We had a fruitful shopping adventure, thanks to Clarissa's blog review, we were in and out with purchases and VAT returned. We had a harrowing ride to the airport down roads with no lines, two or three lanes of traffic - you choose. We made it into the train and our seat mate Jacques is kicking back in his case - I'll have what he is having...cause he is so mellow (not like me - uptight logistics lady)! After an hour ride, we...