Day 16; Un jour de Repos
Day 16; Jour de Repos a Boulogne s/m
What to tell about a rest day ?
Bike cleaning first; the tandem was dirty after all the rain of the last few days and Erin had reluctantly obliged to bring me a new cleaning cloth from home.
After breakfast Es and Lucas had some shopping to do and after this event we all walked to the beach. Ben does not like beaches and hates sand in his shoes but was tempted to walk on the long beach of Boulogne.
Can see the UK in the distance and you can watch these big ships and ferries passing the Channel.
The family went for a swim and Ben raced back to the hotel.
We had a nice box of petit fours salés and watch the last stage of the Tour and Silverstone.
There was one quite remarkable observation; we cycled all the way, Lucas and Erin came by TGV but still expected their cycling parents to bring sun protection, toothpaste, lens cleaning fluid etc etc.
In the evening we went back to the Swan for Moules frites, our favourite dinner.
Lucas had an Ardennoise, made with bacon, I do not know how they do it but it tasted more than all right.
