2026 Tour de l'Amour with Hatcho and Dub24

Whilst we indulged in Bever (very tasty I must say), we researched our digs for the night. Being in Switzerland most places were over €200 each, a bit above budget for just one night. We eventually booked a spot, but it meant backtracking about 45kms. That said, backtracking on savage twisties has never been a problem so we set off in search of our hotel.

For the record it was dub who chose this spot. Just saying 🤣.
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In all honesty, we had a good laugh about posting up the name of the hotel. Plus we knew it'd keep Doc reading about out European adventures! 😅

The apartment is savage - common living room/kitchen and we have a double room, jax, and shower each. All for the princely sum of €300 quid and including brekkie.

I'm on the right and dub is on the left...
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Slightly weird setup for the jax though...lots of glass windows and doors for activities that I wouldn't consider to be spectator friendly!
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After getting cleaned up we headed down to the bar for a pre-dinner beverage. Quite a saucy looking spot with lots of purple lighting.
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We retired to the outdoor dining area for our meal where we were entertained by a piano player (I kid you not). Was tempted to place a request, but reckoned he probably didn't know Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood! 😊 Here's the dinner garden with the red piano just inside the door.
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Dinner did not disappoint - it was top notch. I made sure to get pics after slipping up earlier at lunchtime...

Starter of cheese balls (easy now!)
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My main was pork belly - delicious!
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And desert was phenomenal - almond tart with icecream and honey.
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All washed down with a few beers and an espresso coffee.

Having eaten like kings we rolled across the grass and back to our apartment. It was only around 10pm, but we were full to the gills. We called our respective bosses back home and then hit the scratcher for some kip. Day 2 had turned out to be a great day both on and off the bike. 😎
 
It's now the morning of day 3 and the other fella is still rattling the windows with his seismic snoring! Gonna need to retighten all the screws in the wooden kitchen as they're probably about halfway out by now! 😅 Was like a scene from poltergeist when I got up - all the chairs had drifted across the room overnight 🤣1000106457.jpg
 
So Hatcho was checking one of his many gadgets 15957.jpg
When he came upon a set of railway barriers and nearly went arse over tit into it.
Here's a picture post barrier down.
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Some craic today. Dub went AWOL, I nearly married a railway crossing barrier and we bother pretended to be father and son over dinner! 😂😂. When Dub opened his grinder account in front of the waitress the game was up! 🤣. Oh, and I showed off my pole dancing skills. F*ck me I'm awesome!
 
To clarify the father and son story I asked the waitress to take a photo of me and my son.

She replied how ?

I said I'm 60 and he's 46 and I became a daddy at 14.
This is after when she made a big deal about the gravy being slow cooked for 16 hrs. I told her we have a similar gravy in Ireland called Bisto. She said she must look it up😇
 


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