I did the trip from Nice to Ventimiglia on a bike. The ride to Ventimiglia was quite pleasant.
This was back in the 1990s on a Sunday. I discovered that the restaurants and motels wouldn't take my credit card or other forms of money.
So, I didn't get to eat.
Anyway, I decided to take a side road back to Nice through the mountains.
I discovered that the Alps are very steep.
I went up, up, up and up.
I found myself at a ski area that was a mile above sea level. There is a ski area in the mountains just north of Ventimiglia!!!
Did I mention I had no food?
The restaurant at the ski area was closed, but I found a place that would sell me a bottle of wine.
I discovered that if you drink a bottle of wine after a long bike ride, the wine turns into energy. The ride back to sea level was extremely fast.
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If you drank the whole bottle of wine, the downhill ride, apart from being fast, I believe it was also fearless 🙂
Your adventure was much better than mine (from train to train).
It would be interesting to see your cycling tour through photos, but you wrote 1990. the question is what of the photos from that period are still alive 🙂