We were happy to leave our crappy expensive hotel, even the breakfast was crappy, and get on our way.
We had a long 6 hour journey again today so we were on our way early. We can't go on motorways though as you have to buy a pass which costs a fortune.
To start with we stopped by Ace Cafe, we didn't realise that there were others outside of London but a few people told us about it and it was worth the detour.
We then fought our way through some towns miraculously hitting every possible red light. We stopped for a drink before leaving Switzerland to use up our currency, the bill came to more than we had so Steve asked if they took card. 'Yes' was the answer so we got the card out to pay to be told that they don't take card from us, but they do take card...
Before long we were in France and the roads opened up and we were able to pick up the pace. The traffic also disappeared and what little traffic there was would get out of their way as soon as they saw you.
Lunch beckoned so we pulled up in a small village and tried to figure out the menu, the waitress didn't speak any English, so she dragged the chef (probably her daughter) out of the kitchen to talk to us. Our light lunch turned out to be a banquet of salads, beef pies and bread. By the time we'd finished we could no longer fit into our leathers.
We then rode through a gorgeous tree lined national park and as the afternoon wore on we made the decision to jump on the motorway to get to Nancy (yes, that the name of the city).
We arrived at the hotel to find that Steve had only booked it for one person, despite booking a room with 3 beds. Mark thought that Steve didn't think he'd make it this far or something. The receptionist told Mark that although there were separate beds, he needed to be careful of Steve at night!
Walking around town, Steve finally talked Mark into getting a scooter which also fulfilled this years 'picture of Mark on something small' achievement.
We parked up in a gorgeous square where Steve went pano mad, in fact he took so many pics that he basically took a time lapse. It is a very nice city though, especially at night and had a real good vibe to it too.
For food, we fancied a curry so we found and Indian/Pakistani restaurant. To our dismay, they didn't serve papadoms and Steve had to stop Mark from flipping over the table is disgust. The food was good though and it was clean plates all around. Let's just hope that tomorrow's 4 hour ride doesn't need frequent bathroom stops.
We finished the night off in a different square, just managing to grab the last table. It was at this point that we remembered that there was a light show on earlier that we told about, but we'd missed it. Oh well, it was probably just some Frenchies cycling around with a torch strapped to their heads anyway.
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