We rode the train to Geneva, but weren't able to get reservations for the rest of the way or for a night train. The ticket lady suggested waiting until the night train left at 6:30 p.m. or so and to see if we could get in. That didn't sound like a good idea to us, so she gave us a schedule for slower non-reservation trains to the south end of France. (Nobody can seem to Spain's schedules, but we can get an idea of possible options from the schedule book we received with our Eurail passes.)
It was an interesting day riding across the rest of Switzerland (Zurich to Geneva) and France (Geneva to Avignon). We saw many, many vineyards -- it looks like enough to supply the whole world with wine!
France has a lot of old buildings that are still in use. Avignon has a walled inner city that looks as though it might have been built by the Moors or in the time of the Crusaders.
We use our camel's backs to carry our drinking water. Those seem to be unknown, even by bicyclers here in Europe. They ask us if they are for oxygen!
We got a train schedule for tomorrow as far as Barcelona and don't need any reservations (cheaper). It's not a good schedule, because we don't reach Barcelona until 6:46 tomorrow evening and still need to train to Valencia and then bus to Denia, so we probably won't be able to check in tomorrow as we are supposed to. We are disappointed. We thought we'd allowed plenty of time. Oh, well. We'll still have a lot of time in Denia
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