Monday

Last leg

We've decided to shorten down our trip, since Mark was getting bored of constant cycling/camping therefore we agreed to finish our trip at Saint-Tropez. As we were approaching the highway, leading to Saint-Tropez, we hit a wall of traffic and instead of fighting it we decided to divert inland toward Toulon, thus completely bypassing a small peninsula, where Saint-Tropez is located.

After about 35 km of cycling we came upon a nice campground with an amazing swimming pool. Once we pitched our tent we decided to cool down in a pool, but to our amazement we were told that North-American style swim shorts are not allowed in the swimming pool. We were asked to buy Speedo style swim wear at a store near by. Not thrilled with that we took down our tent and moved on toward Hyeres, which was the longest cycling distance we've covered, or about 55 km in a single day. At Hyeres we caught a local train to Toulon, and from there a night train to Paris.

This was the last leg of our trip.

On the way to Bormes-les-Mimosas campsite

On the train to Toulon


Last leg at Hyeres
Actual distance covered
French boarder crossing

Italian side boarder crossing 

Friday

Sainte-Maxime

Our next leg from Cannes was to Sainte-Maxime which was a pleasant ride out in the hot sun. We were rewarded with a stay in a beautiful campground with a swimming pool and very close to the beach.







Cannes

The ride to Cannes was beautiful with rolling hills and sandy beaches. Once we hit the city the traffic became unbearable and beaches very crowded. We did enjoy wide and safe biking paths along the ocean and if we did have to go on the road the drivers were very courteous toward our "caravan"

Wide cycling paths

To find a camp site we had to cycle pass Cannes and find a nice pad in Theolu-sur-Mer, which is about 3km from Cannes