Geneva to Rome #2 Phil and I are 18 days into our bike tour, and after mile 668 we've finally made it to the Mediterranean Sea! We managed to make good time through southern France following an almost exclusively bike path called ViaRhôna. In addition to getting stronger and faster its been easy to tick off the miles when being a tourist is nearly impossible. As tempting as it is to stop and stroll through the many ancient towns it's cumbersome to drag a fully loaded touring

It's been a week since we wrapped the bikes in painters plastic and crossed our fingers as we watched them jerk through the oversize baggage carousel at Logan airport. Since then we've biked approximately 204 miles from Geneva around Lac Leman then south to Lac Annecy, France. Though we somewhat questionably chose to start in the Alps, the first two days were only moderate hill climbing and the Swiss have fastidiously marked the bike routes so at least it's been easy navigati