Stage 17: Embrun --> L'Alpe-d'Huez

Today the stage ended in the Hautes-Alps. I have a late afternoon/early evening meeting, so we'll be eating leftover, along with a carrot soup that now is simmering on my stove top:

• Carrot soup, perhaps with tarragon and a dollop of creme fraiche
• Halibut with a black-olive crust, bread
  
• Green salad with walnuts, roquefort, and Sungold tomatoes from the garden
• Melon and cherries

N and I ate leftover apricot flan for breakfast. We both like this dish, which is heavy on almonds, eggs, and butter, but refreshingly scant on sugar and honey. The apricots melt deliciously into the custardy base.