French Canadian Invasion March 2

Wonderings
Bonjour.  About 20 French Canadian serious racing bikers are staying here.  They are part of a training camp from Canada.  One gregarious Frenchman(really from France) tried his broken English out on me.  We managed to share our love of the sunshine and the fact that I am here for 2 months and he is here for 1 week.  He explained that it was -16 (drew - 1 and 6 in the air) and very icy now in his hometown in France( demonstrated by pretending to slide)  Later, a lady biker could speak English came along and we invited them to the every Friday 5pm social hour at the Gazebo.  At 5pm, my outgoing Frenchman appeared with 7 bottles of wine, water bottles and pretzels( we all bring something to drink and a beverage.  I made the salami wonton rolls ups).  Gradually more of the team appeared and we learned about their training.  One coach is assigned to the Americas which means he travels both North and South America.  He is going to Argentina next week. My talkative Frenchman is named Regess ( perhaps Reggie in English, but his accent his hard to decode.  He could not say Martha either.)  But he is a jolly soul and makes lots of gestures and laughs alot.  It turns out that Regess is really the driver of the van that carries all the bikes.       He was wearing 1 black tennis show and one white tennis shoe with opposite colored socks of each foot.  He explained that one foot is larger than the other, so he bought 2 pairs.  He owns 2 solar companies in France, but we could not understand much more of what he was saying.   He did love the salami roll ups.  He is quite a character.
Several of the Canadians can speak English well.  We asked if they brought their own bikes and yes, their racing bikes are all very specialized with lots of technology.  One biker paid $300 to ship his bike which has its own travel case and another $100 in baggage fees on United.  We all moaned the state of air travel these days.  The traditional word "camp" as we understand it hardly describes this bunch. They are all in great shape, have all the streamlined biking clothes and helmets and an assortment of serious 2 wheelers.  Every morning they gather around the 2 mini vans and a flurry of front wheels and back chassis are assembled among melodic accented conversations

There were 4 other American, retired couples at our Friday Social Hour, so we all had a wonderful visit and good munchies.  I have heard that the French are quite rude to Americans who are visiting in their country.  So, I wanted to be very welcoming to these visitors.   However, Regess kissed me twice and kissed Jim's hand, so I think I'm going to ease up on the welcoming!!!