July 17

July 17
Troyes is in the champagne region of France and we thought we should pick up a bottle of two for our hosts in Geneva, AK and Deniz. We soon realised that this was unlikely on a Saturday morning during the summer holidays as everything was closed and I had a big sulk when I realised that my fantasy of sipping Moet & Chandon amongst its parent plants was not to be. Soon after the vineyards faded into the distance though, I cheered up as we were heading into the mountains, with steep winding roads and little French villages every few kilometres. The Jura mountain range took us up about 630m, which we thought was quite an achievement for the Landy at the time. Coming down the other side was pretty scary. The GPS looked like a big red scribble, and Eli's face looked more terrified with every steep slope and sharp turn as we crawled down, being overtaken by some seriously crazy Swiss drivers. After the scary descent, we had another half an hour until we were in Geneva, at AK & Deniz's flat, where we gave AK's brand new braai a go and went to bed happy and full.

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