France: Briancon to Sommieres via Saint Gilles
Thursday The day gets off to an excellent start thanks to the 11 euro buffet petit dejeuner. I decided on this on the basis of previous reviews and it is indeed spectacular. Every kind of breakfast food you can imagine, from different types of homemade bread and jam to pancakes, from muesli to goffre and croissant, from pan au raisin (I have to have two) to real yogurt with real berries and home made bilberry (and other types) cake. There is a fantastic coffee machine with different strengths of coffee, hot milk, cold milk, hot water, cold water. I eat until I can eat no more, including two eggs and three pieces of cheese and wash it down with two cups of coffee with the exact combination of water, milk and coffee I like. Fantastic. The first part of the journey from Briancon is quite slow. The road is what it is and while not exceptionally busy there is local traffic. There’s some up and down and a view of the mountains and then glimpses of the lake. We stop at Taillard for ...
