Coffee at Napoleon's Refuge

The rain increased as I church and continued as I climbed to the first pass, Col d'Izoard. Before the top, I stopped for a café crème at the Refuge Napoleon, a 150-year-old stone building claiming an association with Napoleon. They say that Napoleon Bonaparte may have passed by on his comeback tour. I don't know about that, but the Tour de France passes by here frequently. It does not really matter because the coffee was warm and delicious; the emperor would have approved.Read more