Third day in Nice - Pre Tour Ride

Decided I didn't really want to wait until 2:30pm on 09 July 2017 to have Di2 issue resolved as we wanted to do the relatively short ride to Monaco. Found a combination cafe/bike shop open with very helpful staff who were able to resolve the problem. Luke and I set out for Monaco just before midday. On the way Luke indicated he would like to climb a Col just out of Menton. While we couldn't find the Col (name was wrong), we decided that as Menton is so close to Italy we would press on and cross the border which we did. While it was good to see Monte Carlo, wouldn't want to live there even if I could afford to do so. Beaches are nothing to write home about. However, we had great omelets there. We became lost for a short period in Monte Carlo on the way back because the police had closed off some roads. We had to go through a number of tunnels on the way to & from Monaco. One was very long with a long climb on the way back to Nice. It was pretty hairy and we were expecting Police to pull up at any moment. However, we were advised it was perfectly okay for the bikes to be in the tunnels and the drivers were good. Although we were glad to finally emerge. Because the ride was longer than originally anticipated and Luke had a puncture just outside of Nice, we we're unable to attend the offical briefing session for the Nice to Alpe d'Huez leg that was starting the following day which wasn't good. We obtained all the details later. I was really glad we did the ride and saw sites we would otherwise have not seen. There were some really good photos I took in Monte Carlo that haven't come out for some reason (probably me) which is disappointing. We will be camping on the 10th & 11th which will be a change from the hotel.