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The Final Leg

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​ Tue-Mon, March 31-April 6, 2026 —Nice, France to Venthone, Switzerland to Geneva, Switzerland In the midst of our transition from Nice to Switzerland, there were some important things happening in the States — namely, Kylie’s surgery to hopefully, eliminate the pain in her calves while running. The surgery was originally scheduled for March 10th, then April 7th, then finally March 31st. For a while we were trying to change our flights, but eventually resigned ourselves to not being able to be there. Fortunately, my sister, De Ann, and brother, Don, were able and willing to drive down to her and act as surrogate parents. I’m happy to say everything seems to have gone well. She started the surgery just before we boarded the train from Geneva to Sierre and was done by the time we got off. Only time will tell now if the surgery did what we hope it will. Pre-surgery smile  Left leg first, right leg in six weeks Happy to leave after two nights I have to say, I completely forgot how inc...
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Goodbye to Nice

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​ Sat-Tue, March 29-31, 2026 — Nice France After three full busy days, Sunday was a slow morning and, for me, time to start thinking about getting back home. First up was getting the bikes pulled apart and packed into their cardboard boxes. Fortunately, that was nothing four or five hours of work couldn’t take care of. Fiat 500 Another beautiful day: Nice and the Promenade des Anglais Packing up the bikes With a quarter of our group/band missing (Bob and Angie deserted us on Monday morning for a few days in grand Paris) we spent our last full day together in Monaco. We actually missed Pope Leo by a day. He was apparently in this wealthy enclave appealing to the “haves” for donations for the “have nots.” Spring has definitely “sprung,” as they say, so we mostly just walked around enjoying the beautiful weather — blue skies, flowers in bloom — took in the sites and, of course, had a nice lunch. Pope Leo! The two smallest countries: Monaco & Vatican City Monaco Main port in Monaco Bef...
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