Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

DAY 10

In short:

With friends in Bagneres De Luchon, France. Resting today. Sun is out again. Croissants, cafe-au-lait, and thermal “spa bath” fiascos. We do not follow directions well.

I’ve developed something of a girl-crush on my friend Liz watching her gesticulate and makes faces and speak some rapid, rockin’ French. She is the ambassador to 7 of us from LA who speak barely a word. Thank God she’s here and it’s so fun to be with friends and swap stories. After Gabriel getting up at 6 to take a bus 200 kilometers and basically spend a planes, trains and automobiles morning getting hold of a rental car (big enough for the bikes) that we can return in Barcelona, he and Steve sat and drank beer and bought new cycling jerseys while the rest of us mortified the local employees at the natural thermal baths.

Then we all had a big rowdy dinner together and I went to bed way too late for the 5am wake up that was coming.